The Wacker Chemie-backed silicon anode battery producer will use the capital to acquire intellectual property and invest in development and manufacturing capacity.

Solar wafer producer 1366 Technologies has received $10m from Hanwha Investment Corporation to support construction of its first commercial factory.

The startup accelerator has launched with funding provided by investors including Bayer, Syngenta and Alexandria Real Estate Equities.

The electric vehicle charging network boosted its overall funding to more than $160m in a round backed by strategic partner Constellation Energy.

Issam Dairanieh, head of BP Ventures, has departed from its parent company after 18 years and more than a decade in corporate venturing.

The saltwater electrolyte battery producer, which counts Shell, Total and Exelon as backers, has now raised about $190m in debt and equity since it was founded.

The Germany-based firm has teamed with Israel-based Trendlines to form an investment partnership that will back local agricultural technologies startups.

Trove Predictive Data Science, which is targeting its business analytics software at energy utilities, has pulled in equity financing from backers including Avista, Itron and Ecova.

Oilfield services marketplace RigUp has secured General Electric as an investor in a round that took its overall funding to $18m.

Robert Bosch's corporate venturing unit now has roughly $480m under management, launching its third fund and disclosing its latest investment, in irrigation technology developer CropX.