The corporate is putting $9.4m into Sony Innovation Fund: Environment, which will initially invest in environmental technology developers at seed stage.

Equinor has exited wind power technology provider Fos4X in an acquisition by PolyTech that followed at least $12.5m in venture funding.

Microsoft, SKion Water and Ecolab are among the limited partners in Emerald Technology Ventures' latest fund, which will invest $100m in water conservation technologies.

After 13 years heading up Schlumberger's corporate venturing activities, Iain Cooper has departed for a CEO position at gas emissions detection startup SeekOps.

After three years at Centrica, Jonathan Tudor has departed from its Centrica Innovations unit to join Clean Growth Investment Management's Clean Growth Fund.

Nestlé's sustainable packing fund has backed buyout vehicle Closed Loop Leadership Fund, which has a $300m target for its final close.

The solid-state battery developer, which has raised $300m from Volkswagen since 2018, will list on the New York Stock Exchange through a reverse merger deal.

Total Energy Ventures helped the utility-scale energy meter provider close a round that will support the launch of its latest software product.

The solar tracking technology provider is aiming for $207m in an IPO on Shanghai's Star Market having raised money in a Risen Solar-backed round last year.

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