Ahren Innovation Capital has been confirmed as an investor in a round that includes Samsung, BMW, Bosch and Dell, bringing machine intelligence technology developer Graphcore’s total funding to $310m.

Innogy's corporate venturing unit has offloaded its stake in heat exchanger producer Airec to Alfa Laval and Sveper Heat Transfer.

The AI-powered energy management app provider has secured $12m in series A funding from investors including BKK.

The public sector cloud services provider has landed $33m in funding from Digital Alpha Advisors, an investment partner of Cisco.

The enterprise technology accelerator operator has amassed $51m for its debut fund, from limited partners including Vinci Energies, Crédit Agricole and BNP Paribas.

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.

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

Presidio Ventures has reinvested in HR software developer Hibob as part of a series A-plus round that increased its overall funding to $45m.

Kasper Sage, a former BMW i Ventures principal featured on this year's GCV Rising Stars roster, was named partner at the beginning of this year.

The Africa-focused e-commerce platform, backed by MTN, Rocket Internet, Millicom, Orange, Axa and Pernod Ricard, has filed for a $100m initial public offering in the US.