Energy

In December 2010, oil major BP's corporate venturing unit had joined the consortium investing $110m in Abound.

The $300m Braemar Energy Ventures III fund will invest in venture and expansion-stage energy technology companies that serve the conventional and alternative energy markets.

Google Ventures is reportedly joined backing the insurance programme for farmers by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, NEA, Index Ventures, Atomico, Glynn Capital and Western Technology Investment.

Reinet Investments, a Luxembourg-listed investment vehicle formed in 2008 out of luxury goods maker Reinet, and venture capital (VC) firm NanoDimension (the first deal from its second fund) co-led the D round.

Oil majors BP and ConocoPhillips, along with PVS Chemicals, venture capital firm Northwater Capital Management and angel investors Carl Berg and David Zachry (who runs his eponymous construction company), provided the money.

RWE Innogy's corporate venturing unit combining with Vattenfall-backed Yellow & Blue Investment Management have teamed up to back biomass company Topell.

The US-based real estate company backs the technology provider for green roof systems.

Innogy Venture Capital is joined backing the biomass company by Yellow&Blue Clean Energy Investment Management.

Islam's 500-year golden age of art, science, medicine and philsophy until the sack of Baghdad in the 13th century was built on a merchant economy of trade links between Africa, Asia and Europe.