Energy

Inge's investors included Siemens Venture Capital, the corporate venturing unit of local conglomerate Siemens, and venture capital firms BayTech Venture Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures, Entrepreneurs Fund, Stone Fund and Taprogge.

The financing was led by Energy Ventures, a Norway-based venture investment fund, and included investment bank Harris and Harris Group and a limited partnership comprised of Ohio-based industrialists.

The South Korean conglomerate has funded HelioVolt to the tune of $50m, with a view to expanding the firms activities on a global basis.

The program, which launches this month, will select Fellows from Edelman's team of more than 100 in San Francisco, with Debra Jack (pictured), executive vice president at Edelman and head of the San Francisco office's corporate, CSR and crisis communications practices, as the first Physic Fellow.

Previous investors, including investment bank Goldman Sachs, had reportedly provided $450m to Bloom.

Mascoma's largest corporate shareholders are SunOpta, Valero and General Motors.

Molycorp has provided the wind energy company with a substantial amount of series B investment alongside existing investor NEA.

The renewable energy company acquires competitor Coastal Supply, after obtaining an extra $1.3m in funding four days before.