The fund, formed by France-based utility GDF Suez in May, is focusing on decentralised energy and energy efficiency technology as traditional power generation loses its lustre.

Our monthly sector feature looks at the energy and natural resources sector.

Energy sector forges new links with clean-tech 2.0 investors.

Earlier this year, Shell created the role of vice-president (VP) of innovation to help bring together its corporate venturing units with other parts of its technology and business development teams.

Venturing finds its core service.

Justin Adams, ex-head of Emerging Business and Ventures at BP, reflects on corporate venturing and its future models.

Corporates investing in clean-tech often invest in the sector because they believe it is consistent with their core business.

Intel Capital, the corporate venturing unit of chipmaker Intel, has been investing in clean-tech for five years.