MBA Polymers makes initial close of expected $25m round.

GM Ventures and Itochu Technology Ventures invest $4.2m in lithium-ion battery maker Sakti3.

LG Group spin-outs LS Industrial Systems and LS Cable back Coulomb Technologies' $15m C round.

Solaria closes series D round at $55, excluding a new $10m loan facility from debt provider Western Technologies (WTI).

Unilever has joined Solazyme's extended series D round, which last month saw Bunge and other strategic peers invest $51.6m in the renewable oil company.

Thirty-one companies on World Economic Forum's list of technology pioneers.

Lafarge to invest in UK-based cement company Novacem's innovative bond and series A round.

Andy Leventhal, previously co-founder and CEO of carbon information measurement company Planet Metrics replaces Pratap Mukherjee at Lowe's-backed Recurve.

Renewable oil group Solazyme adds Bunge to strategic backers Chevron and San-Ei Gen.

BT Imaging (BTi), an Australia-based supplier of inspection equipment for solar panels, brings in strategic investor Applied Ventures.