US insurance firm MassMutual’s investment arm has appointed Kara Burns a senior associate for its Climate Technology Fund.

The fund, co-managed with a seed-stage VC firm, will target AI, robotics and internet-of-things across multiple industries.

The food maker and asset manager is one of the few Central American companies to step into venture capital.

It is no surprise to see genAI on this list, but semiconductors, EVs, green steel and batteries also featured heavily this year.

Thor Egeland, who led Equinor Ventures’ clean energy investments, has moved to Statkraft to oversee business development and M&A.

EnBW New Ventures managing director Crispin Leick talks about why CVCs should focus on financial performance and become limited partners in other funds.

Husk Power Systems has just raised $100m from investors including Shell to build 1,500 solar mini-grids in India and Nigeria in the next four to five years.

Ten corporate investors were part of a $380m series C round this week, including Fortescue, United Airlines, Rio Tinto, Amazon, Microsoft and BP.

From technology that studies cosmic rays to measure soil moisture to a system that can turn air into water, we look at the most promising new startups in the water tech sector.

From nuclear and sustainable energy developers to groundbreaking gaming innovations here are the startups that are putting Finland on the global emerging startups map