Energy

SK E&S, Invenergy and Schneider Electric helpeed add $20m to the latest round for EV charging network Volta Charging, which includes a $44m debt facility.

Energy Impact Ventures has hired Matthias Dill, formerly a managing director at Statkraft Ventures, in a managing partner position.

The oil and gas company is setting up a $55.5m impact fund that will be overseen by Luis Casado Padilla, formerly a director at its corporate venturing fund.

Fantasy sports platform Dream11 is reportedly aiming to raise a round sized at $500m to be backed by several corporate investors. The company is part of the broader gaming and eSport space which has seen growth recently.

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

Solar system provider Bboxx completed a round led by Mitsubishi. This year we have seen a revival of corporate-backed deals in the solar energy tech space, which registered a slowdown last year.

Baywa RE Energy Ventures and Inven Capital co-led a series B round for the solar system supplier that included existing backer Statkraft Ventures.

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

The solar system provider closed a series D round led by Mitsubishi that included existing backer Engie Rassembleurs d’Energies.