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The startup accelerator has launched with funding provided by investors including Bayer, Syngenta and Alexandria Real Estate Equities.

Carmaker Ford's $182m contribution to the $253m series C round closed by software development company Pivotal last week may augur a new interest in connected car technology startups.

The electric vehicle charging network boosted its overall funding to more than $160m in a round backed by strategic partner Constellation Energy.

Issam Dairanieh, head of BP Ventures, has departed from its parent company after 18 years and more than a decade in corporate venturing.

The saltwater electrolyte battery producer, which counts Shell, Total and Exelon as backers, has now raised about $190m in debt and equity since it was founded.

The Germany-based firm has teamed with Israel-based Trendlines to form an investment partnership that will back local agricultural technologies startups.

Trove Predictive Data Science, which is targeting its business analytics software at energy utilities, has pulled in equity financing from backers including Avista, Itron and Ecova.

The Japan-based e-commerce group's investment in ride hailing platform Cabify illustrates how e-commerce businesses cannot afford to be pure play anymore.

Oilfield services marketplace RigUp has secured General Electric as an investor in a round that took its overall funding to $18m.