Energy

Chad Gardner has departed from Modumetal to join Energy Innovation Capital.

Cory Steffek, a US-based managing director for Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, has taken an MD role at private equity investment platform Ara.

Mitsubishi, ABB and existing investor Caterpillar have helped MineSense close a round that will support the launch of its mining data technology.

Amperex and Siemens' Next47 unit both chipped in as the battery technology developer secured series D cash, lifting its funding to $125m in total.

Strategic vehicles Acre Venture Partners and Alexandria Venture Investments have joined agronomy technology developer Inari's backers.

Last week, Global Corporate Venturing reported several interesting and sizeable transactions in the e-commerce space from around the globe.

Large rounds tend to be raised by companies based in the US and China, more so than other parts of the world. China-based businesses also tend to raise much larger rounds.

EV charging technology startup Ample has secured $31m in a Shell Ventures-led series A round that included Repsol Energy Ventures.

The diversified conglomerate intends to invest between $50m in areas such as energy, infrastructure, materials and environmental services each year.

Ammar Alkassar, founder and ex-CEO of cybersecurity software provider Sirrix, has been hired as a venture partner at the unit.