Financial

Q2 Holdings has acquired National Bank of Canada and OpenText-backed Sensibill while ArcelorMittal's XCarb unit was part of Form Energy’s $450m series E round.

MassMutual's diversity-focused fund-of-funds has been granted an extra $100m, bringing the amount it has invested in CVC activities to $900m.

The sector is vulnerable to the economic downturn as lenders pull back and higher interest rates crimp borrowing. But pockets of the sector continue to attract financing.

Braskem has formed a $150m corporate venturing initiative while Saudi Aramco's Prosperity7 Ventures fund took part in SingleStore’s $146m series F2 round.

General Mills was among the investors in a $120m round for GrubMarket while Polaris and Hero MotoCorp helped Zero Motorcycles raise $107m.

Non-recyclable plastics making asphalt more sustainable and a vaccine to save the honeybee are just two of 10 inventions that caught our eye.

In the run-up to the float, Porche's investment arm had invested in 18 companies, from hypercars to EV batteries and even bikes.

M12 has co-led a $34m round for Ox Security’s while SoftBank-backed Solfácil has upped its series C to $130m.

This week's key deals included Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort Holdings helping Bending Spoons raise $340m, while GV moves beyond its algorithm and Milan emerges as a startup hub.

Maximum Effort Holdings was part of a $340m round for Bending Spoons while Tencent and Block took part in Satispay's $310m series D.

Jim Gable has returned to lead Chevron Technology Ventures at a time when the energy sector has many conflicting priorities.