Coburn has joined Shell Technology Ventures, having last year shut the energy accelerator he founded, citing a lack of industry support.

A two-part discussion spanning two days and featuring speakers from BP, Schlumberger and Emerald Technology Ventures among others, was held at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017

Floating wind turbine developer Ideol has secured Siem Offshore Contractors and Hitachi Zosen as strategic investors.

The size of the fund has not yet been revealed, but is expected to be in the tens of millions of dollars.

The two-part discussion spanned yesterday and today, and featured speakers from BP, Schlumberger and Emerald Technology Ventures among others.

The electric vehicle charging network's latest round now totals $106m, after it added $24m to the $82m it closed from backers including Daimler and BMW in March.