Crispin Leick is set to leave the corporate venturing unit, where he has served as managing director for five years, at the end of this year, to join ENBW's venturing unit.

The wireless phone charger manufacturer has secured $10m in the form of a convertible note, with William Morris Endeavor among the investors.

Backed by Sumitomo, Enevate plans to use the money to begin mass production of its lithium-ion batteries.

Grid-scale battery developer Primus has now raised $60m in equity after closing a round featuring existing backer Anglo American Platinum.

Mitsui and Genscape have co-led a $16m series B-1 round for remote oilfield monitoring company WellAware, which has now raised more than $60m in total.

A regulatory filing indicates the water treatment company had raised at least $8.4m from backers including Air Liquide's corporate venturing unit.

Samsung, Presidio and Google had all invested in the advanced battery developer, which most recently raised $17m in December 2014.

Jens Umehag will act as the corporate venturing unit's chief financial officer in addition to serving as head of finance for BP's Group Technology division.