DIP Labor Force Solution and Marui have participated in a $14.3m round for the blockchain-powered electricity marketplace also called MinDen, lifting its total funding to nearly $29m.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Tom Whitehouse, CEO at Leif Capital, moderated a discussion comparing cleantech investment with the first decade after the millennium.

Kaloyan Andonov of GCV spoke with Tomas Kėbla, principal at Contrarian Ventures, which is backed by energy group Ignitis, the largest in the Baltics region. Not only is Contrarian Ventures interested in the hydrogen space but its team has drawn a detailed map of the landscape.

Formed in the Big Bang, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the known universe and believed to comprise about 75% of matter. Hydrogen, therefore, is seen as one of the key elements in targeting net zero carbon emissions.

It is not an exaggeration to say that 2020 has been an eventful year for the oil and gas industry.

Barbara Burger is head of Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) and past chair of the Global Corporate Venturing Global Energy Council formed out of the oil and gas quarterly report, sponsored by Chevron, to include and incorporate others within the energy mix, such as utilities and the main customers.

Global Energy Council Q3 2020 editorial by James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing

AMS, a developer of energy value assessment software, had raised $52m from investors including Engie, AGL Energy, Southern Company and GE Ventures.

John Wei, a GCV Emerging Leaders award winner this year, is departing from Sabic Ventures after six years.