Corporate venturing units Hafslund Venture and Agder Energi Venture back Glo, a Sweden-based developer of lights.

Cinema chain Imax invests in Laser Light Engines' series B round as part of strategic partnership.

Omnivore Capital is raising $50m and India-based conglomerate Godrej Group will commit 10% to the fund and has already made one recruit to a team that will act as its general partner.

Stig Poulsen, managing director of Danfoss Ventures, has decided to leave the Danish industrial group after a transition period following the company's reorganisation of its corporate venturing division to concentrate more on internal innovation.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's (ADA) venture capital division previously planned to invest $50m but will now invest up to $125m.

Renaissance Venture Capital Fund raises $50m to invest in third party VCs to invest in US state of Michigan.

Bruce Madding becomes president and chief investment officer of Cha Group's US investment subsidiary.

Agriculture chemicals group Syngenta invests in Chamelic's $1.5m round.

Taiwan connections seal series D round for light-emitting diode (LED) company.

Kendall Cooper joins US-based venture capital firm Allegis Capital, which has close links to strategic investors, as its chief financial officer.