This week's most interesting deals included insect-based animal feed and a system that uses kinetic energy to shoot satellites into space.

Brevan Howard Digital has led a $35m series B round for Messari while Robert Bosch Venture Capital participated in Tulu’s $25m series A.

About half of all vaccines are wasted due to challenges surrounding cold chain logistics, so EnsiliTech aims to remove the need for cold storage.

Dominique Mégret has exclusively revealed to Global Venturing that the unit closed its fourth main fund in July, with 75% of the capital coming from external limited partners.

Allianz and White Mountains Insurance helped Pie Insurance raise $315m while Cargill and ADM chipped into Innovafeed‘s $250m series D round.

With three investments already in the pocket, Klima is set to back a wide range of energy transition startups.

The Deutsche Telekom spinoff’s Growth Equity III Fund has completed a $300m first close backed by its former parent company as well as SoftBank.

Sean Fielding has worked for University of Exeter for nearly three decades, during which time his board memberships included ATTP, SETsquared and PraxisAuril.

DG Daiwa Ventures contributed to a $40m series B round for Yellow Card Financial while Vitol provided $37m in series C funding for VavaCars.

Novo Holdings led a $75m series C round for Kate Farms while PayU and InfoEdge Ventures participated in DotPe’s $58m series B.