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Tencent and Sony have provided $263m for FromSoftware while Piramal Capital & Housing Finance backed EarlySalary’s $110m series D round.

Corporate-backed investments in energy storage technology have quadrupled in value in the last quarter as energy prices soar.

FTX and Coinbase took part in a $200m round for NFT game developer Limit Break while Schaeffler, Kingspan and Marcegaglia backed H2 Green Steel’s $190m series B.

From board seats to leading rounds to deciding when to back boom stocks — there are a lot of VC obsessions that corporate investors can skip.

Bertelsmann-backed paywall management software provider Zephr is set to be acquired by Zuora in a $44m deal while Meituan co-led a $875m round for EV battery producer Sunwoda.

Lunar Energy disclosed $300m from investors including Sunrun and SK, and acquired Honda, Itochu and Tokyo Electric Power-backed Moixa for an undisclosed amount.

United Airlines Ventures is willing to look at risky, early-stage sustainable aviation fuel startups to hit decarbonisation targets.

SK provided $100m for Atom Power, while MediaTek, Ta Ya, Simplo and Chunghwa Telecom all took part in TXOne Networks’ $70m series B round.

It is an old joke that nuclear fusion power is 30 years away, and always will be. The joke is now looking outdated as the technology finally reaches a stage where investors feel comfortable writing cheques for hundreds of millions of dollars towards its development.

Virgin Group helped its cruise ship spinoff, Virgin Voyages, raise $550m while American Express Ventures lined up two M&A exits.

InMotion has hired Nasrolahi as principal to supercharge its strategic investments into sustainable automotive startups