Belgium-based bank KBC has launched an incubator alongside five partners, including Accenture, to offer business space and support for local tech startups.

Lanxness took a majority stake in Evocatal, and joined existing investors including High-Tech Gruenderfonds in backing the enzymes producer.

The distributed energy company raised the growth funding in a round that included the corporate venture capital units of Siemens and Total.

The cleantech-focused Emerald Cleantech Fund III added three more corporate LPs in Suncor, Ecolab and SK as it approaches $100m.

Tengelmann subsidiary Emil Capital has reinvested in the urban agriculture company, which aims to grow a network of local food sources.

Konrad Augustin is to move from Europe to Silicon Valley where he will oversee the energy company's American venture capital investments.

The electronic equipment maker will target agricultural and life sciences companies in the US and Japan.

The carbon capture technology developer has now secured over $60m since 2012, with other corporate investors including BP and Cenovus.

Exelon's corporate venturing subsidiary has joined the investors in the energy efficiency company, which will use the cash to advance its product.

Establishing BP Ventures in 2007 has enabled the petroleum company to explore alternative energy and energy digitisation, the unit's managing director explained to an audience at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium yesterday.