Oil extraction technology developer GlassPoint had raised more than $130m from investors including Shell but has wound up in liquidation during the current economic climate.

Smart electricity panel developer Span has secured $10.2m in funding six months after it received financing from Wells Fargo Strategic Capital.

ZAF Energy Systems has raised $45.6m to date after a series A round that featured the corporate venture capital arm of Holt Cat.

Origin Energy has agreed to make a strategic investment in energy supplier Octopus Energy for a total of $327m.

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

Siemens has invested in Amply as part of a $13.2m round that came just three months after the EV charging service closed its seed funding.

The energy monitor developer secured $11.8m in a round co-led by Constellation Technology Ventures and backed by Chevron Technology Ventures.

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

BP Ventures led a series B equity and debt round for the charger provider that also featured another corporate investor, ABB Technology Ventures.

GCV Rising Star Jelena Markovic, formerly an investment associate at BayWa Renewable Energy’s corporate venture capital arm, has moved up to a senior associate position.