Energy

The top 25: Rajeev Misra, Softbank capital

The SoftBank-backed round could give the China-based ride hailing company the financial base it needs to compete internationally, where it may well use its CVC investments to forge a path.

The wind turbine manufacturer is keen on making minority investments in energy storage technology developers.

The company has revealed several additions to its GPU Ventures portfolio, including Abeja, Datalogue, TempoQuest and Zebra Medical.

Corporates Meituan-Dianping and JD.com have joined Sinovation Ventures to co-lead a series A round for high-grade pig farming business Weiyang.

The battery storage system developer took its total funding to $94m with a round that featured new strategic partner Success Dragon and existing backer Anglo American Platinum.

Big data software provider Cloudera has gone public, but the gap between its market cap and the valuation at which Intel invested three years ago may be an ill omen for backers of other unicorns.

SoftBank is reportedly set to invest $225m to lead the hotel booking platform's latest round as part of a large-scale Indian online services investment strategy.

The France-headquartered utility has paid an undisclosed sum for a 30% stake in the China-based solar project developer as part of a joint venture agreement.