The company is reportedly raising another round from as yet unnamed investors.

The Israel-based solar inverter maker, which counts General Electric and Norwest Venture Partners as investors, will go public in the US next week.

The ultraviolet disinfection technology company raised the cash in a round featuring Applied Materials' corporate venturing arm.

With the slow recovery from the financial crisis and divestiture strategies undertaken by some big players, 2014 was marked by numerous exits by corporate investors in the industrials sector.

The water purification plant operator will invest $24m in the environmental protection-focused fund, which is being launched in conjunction with private equity firm JD Capital.

The Israel-based solar inverter maker, which counts Norwest Venture Partners and GE Capital as backers, intends to float on Nasdaq.

Tom Whitehouse, chairman of London Environmental Investment Forum and founder of Carbon International, explores trends in clean-tech.

Existing investor British Gas has purchased the connected home company for $100m.

Carbon dioxide-to-fuel technology developer Algenol has secured another $25m from BioFields, the biofuel producer that invested $40m in the company last year.