Energy

Media group Disney is understood to have scaled back its financial commitment to its corporate venturing affiliate, Steamboat Ventures, after strong performance in its portfolio caused the fund to be closed relatively early.

Hanwha is now the third largest solar manufacturer in the world and follows strategic investments in Crystal Solar, 1366 Technologies, TenKsolar, Silent Power and OneRoof Energy.

Facebook and Google's search competition seen through the prism of SurveyMonkey's $444m deal.

A new study by Switzerland-based business school ETH Zurich in collaboration with US-based consultancy firm Bain & Company which partly uses Global Corporate Venturing data, finds more than three quarters of corporate venturing units transform their parents.

Local home improvement retailer Lowe's and impact investment fund Brightpath Capital Partners invested $40m alongside venture capital firms Vision Ridge Partners, Craton Equity Partners and Eastern Sun Capital Partners.

Alongside Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC) in the A round, were venture firms I2BF Global Ventures and Waarde Capital.

The US-based providers of a sports betting platform have netted an undisclosed sum from Guggenheim Partners, Cinnober Financial Technology and Broadhaven Capital Partners.