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Alongside ETV in the $25m C round for Hara Software was Itochu Technology Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Japan-based conglomerate Itochu and venture capital firms.

Andrew Williamson, a director at Physic Ventures, said: "WaterSmart brings meter data to life and empowers homeowners with the tools and the personalized data they need to reduce their water use without sacrificing their quality of life. They make it easy and fun to be water efficient."

Gamesa has already bought 28.7% of SkyBuilt Power and 25% in WorldWater & Solar Technologies from its corporate venturing fund.

Spanish utility Iberdrola Group's Inversiones Financieras Perseo, and manufacturer Nypro's New Ventures Group reinvested in Morgan Solar and were joined by investment manager Frost Group.

In March, Solazyme aimed to raise $100m but now said it would issue 11.5 million shares, including 1.5 million if demand is strong enough as a so-called greenshoe allotment, at between $15 and $17 each. At the top end of its pricing range, Solazyme would have an initial market capitalisation of $965m.

Supplement covering the best practices shown by the industry over the past year as well as award winners from the inaugural Global Corporate Venturing event.

Research by Gary Dushnitsky, associate professor at London Business School, revealed at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium on Wednesday found the outperformance covered both a company's market value to book value ratio and their innovation capacity, as judged by patents.

Alongside Cenovus' Environmental Opportunity Fund in the $19.5m series B round for General Fusion were Bezos Expeditions, the family office of Jeff Bezos, founder and head of online retailer Amazon, and venture capital firms.

Rick Wilson, chief executive of Cobalt, said: "In addition to the generous financial support provided by the Whittemore Collection, we now have the world's most experienced builder of biomass-based businesses on our board supporting us in developing our global enterprise."

Mitsui's corporate venturing unit has joined the consortium investing $45m in clean-tech firm BioAmber and floated Boingo Wireless.