Mitsui said as it had 155 offices worldwide and extensive business units, investments and partnerships across global energy efficiency and green building channels, it was a strategic investor in Redwood.

Tate & Lyle Ventures is Lumora's major shareholder having previously backed the company.

SAM Private Equity provided the latest investment in Harvest Power and joins a consortium including New York-listed garbage disposal company Waste Management.

Alongside DTE Energy Ventures in the consortium backing QD Vision's $22m round were In-Q-Tel, which invests on behalf of the US intelligence services, and venture capital firms.

SK Telecom Ventures and venture capital firm DCM, as a new investor, co-led the series B round for Billing Revolution.

Spanish utility Iberdrola Group's Inversiones Financieras Perseo, and manufacturer Nypro's New Ventures Group reinvested in Morgan Solar and were joined by investment manager Frost Group.

Alongside Shire, which focuses on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), human genetic therapies (HGT) and gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, in the consortium was venture capital firm Advent Healthcare Ventures, which led the round.

Brian Gallagher, a partner at SR One, will join SpringLeaf's board after the group invested in its B round.

The corporate venturing investor has bought less than a tenth of Shutl, according to news provider Daily Telegraph.