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There is still concern that those in corporate venturing are not adequately compensated. Three quarters of respondents to the latest J Thelander Consulting said their title and compensation structure failed to appropriately reward them. Jody Thelander is pictured.

Google restructured itself under a holding company called Alphabet, but its corporate venturing units continued to invest heavily in healthcare despite GV pulling the plug on its European fund.

Energy storage software developer Greensmith has boosted its latest round to $18.3m after E.ON added to a round that already included $5m from American Electric Power.

The grid-scale battery producer, which had raised $200m from investors including Areva and GE as of January, secured another $50m in a First Solar-backed round.

Welltok was one of two patient management platforms to raise more than $40m last week, showing the ongoing expansion of the sector.

The e-commerce startup has raised $570m in less than 18 months but may need to harness the expertise of investors Alphabet and Alibaba to compete effectively against the big boys.

Monsanto led the plant genetics technology developer's series A round through its corporate venturing unit, and was joined by biotechnology company Novozymes.

The company, which secured Amazon as an investor back in August, has developed an app that helps users save water by remotely controlling their sprinklers.

The fuel cell and electrolyser producer has raised an eight-figure sum from CEZ, Total and the EDF-funded Electranova Capital.