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

Just over a year after securing an initial $50m, fusion energy technology developer Commonwealth Fusion Systems has closed its Eni-backed series A round with $115m in capital.

Statkraft, NTT Docomo and Reply all took part in the machine learning-powered energy analytics platform operator's $11.3m funding round.

National Grid Partners, Evergy Ventures and Avista Development all contributed to a series A round for the solar power monitoring service.

Tomás Ocampo, previously corporate venturing adviser to Japanese energy companies J-Power and Osaka Gas on electric mobility and renewable energy deals in the US, has helped petroleum supplier YPF form its corporate venturing unit.

Carbon capture technology developer Inventys has closed a series C round featuring Chevron Technology Ventures, Husky Energy and Roda Group on $26m.

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

Battery technology manufacturer Saft has purchased the back-up energy system provider in a transaction that enabled Evergy Ventures to exit.

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

National Grid’s corporate venturing arm has committed $90m of its $250m initial budget, having backed a total of 12 portfolio companies and three venture capital funds.