A focus shift has been taking place among oil and gas corporate venturers, which is borne out in our most recent research.

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

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has injected $45m into Sila Nanotechnologies, six months after Daimler led a $170m series E round.

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

The energy storage system producer raised $30m in a round co-led by SoftBank subsidiary SB Energy that also featured PTT Global, Evergy and BASF.

Thurston Cromwell has moved up from a director of development position at Emerson to a vice-president of corporate development role.

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

The petroleum producer has transferred its corporate VC portfolio to a unit called Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures that will invest up to $400m in the next five years.

Sunfolding, a former participant in an R/GA Ventures and Macquarie-backed accelerator, will use the series B funding to build out its solar tracker business.

The A123 Systems-backed battery materials tester has secured $20m in a series C round co-led by Flint Hills Resources that took its overall funding to more than $70m.