Goldwind, Legal & General and Equinor have all taken part in the $41m first close of the solar power technology provider's series D round, taking its total equity and debt financing to more than $118m.

Peter Hawthorne, who oversaw corporate venturing deals for Cargill during a 12-year stint at the agribusiness, has joined Paine Schwartz Partners as operating director.

Bertelsmann has led the round that will be used by the agtech developer to accelerate its digital footprint in India and expand its leadership team.

Honda and existing investors EDF and Siemens all contributed to a $22.7m round that will fund the expansion of Ubitricity's EV charging network.

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

The renewable energy project developer raised the cash in a round led by Eversource Capital, which is 50% owned by power producer Lightsource BP.

The fund has been formed as part of a wider technology and research investment drive that will involve up to $8.3bn being spent in the next five years.

Statkraft Ventures is set to exit distributed energy software provider Limejump in an acquisition by Shell that will follow some $10m of funding for the company.

Irrigation management software provider Hortau, which counts Telesystem as shareholder, has raised $20m in its latest funding round.

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