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Oncology therapeutics developer Fusion Pharmaceticals closed a $105 round, featuring several corporate investors. The deal forms part of the growing broad oncology space, which has seen much attention from corporate venturers in recent years.

The fast food chain has completed a five-day bootcamp which forms part of Chipotle Aluminaries Project, its food and agriculture-focused accelerator.

EDP Ventures head Cassio Carvalho Pinto Vidigal has departed from the unit to lead Deutsche Bank’s global subsidiary coverage in Brazil.

Marc Sabas has left his head of business development and partnerships position at Telefónica to accept a principal role at Centrica Ventures.

Investment director Johanna Schmidtke left the petrochemical company's corporate venturing unit in late 2018 for a position at private equity firm Ara Partners.

Energy company Chevron's strategic investment arm recently passed its 20th anniversary and has launched its latest fund, which is sized at $90m.

TerViva, which grows oil and protein-producing trees, has received series D funding from investors including existing strategic backer Evans Properties.

Dai-ichi Life has supplied $9m for the fund, which is targeting technologies such as renewable energy, electric vehicles and energy storage.

CPFL Energia’s strategy and innovation specialist Danilo Leite has been hired by peer Votorantim Energia as an innovation manager.

The SoftBank´s Vision Fund participated in a $300m round of robotics tech provider CloudMinds. This is a deal in the wider robotics and drones space, which has seen much growth in recent years

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