Finistere Ventures has welcomed the agribusiness to an LP syndicate already containing Bayer as part of the agriculture technology fund it is raising.

Harju Elekter, which previously led ultracapacitor producer Skeleton Technologies' series B round, returned to take part in a $14.6m round led by FirstFloor Capital.

Climate Impact Capital, the VC firm formed by ex-Shell Technology Ventures president Alexander Rozenfeld, could seek a corporate strategic as one of the fund's LPs.

Enbridge and Iberdrola were among the investors that provided the money, which will help the concentrating solar equipment producer increase manufacturing capacity.

The waste heat-to-energy technology developer has raised $23.5m in a series C round led by Schlumberger and backed by GM Ventures.

Total's corporate venturing unit has invested an undisclosed sum in distributed wind energy company United Wind, four months after Statoil provided $3m in series B funding.

Inga Mueller has been appointed investment manager for utility EnBW's corporaate venturing unit, EnBW New Ventures.

Monsanto and Qualcomm are partnering Microsoft on a $92m fund that will support Latin America-founded agribusiness technology startups.