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The Global Corporate Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the corporate innovation ecosystem.

The Global Corporate Venturing deal net rounds up the investments from across the corporate innovation ecosystem.

The Global Corporate Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the corporate innovation ecosystem.

The gas utility lined up investments for two startups related to electric vehicles as it continues its renewable push.

Several China-based corporate venture investors backed a large round valuing lithium-ion battery Shanghai Shanshan material producer at $1.5bn. The deal highlights the importance of battery technologies not only for the emerging kind of mobility applications but for the process of energy transition as a whole.

Fresh funding for the EV battery company comes as Chinese automotive players are ramping up mobility investment efforts.

Adevinta Ventures and Uniqa Ventures were among the investors in the second-hand car trading platform’s latest round, which included debt supplied by unnamed institutions.

Migdal and Menora Mivtachim helped renewable energy infrastructure developer Fu-Gen with fresh funding which will help expand its operations in the UK and Finland. This is a deal from the renewable energy space, which continues to see much momentum in the context of energy transition.

Content personalisation technology provider Movable Ink and carbon-negative concrete developer Brimstone each raised $55m, with Intel and Amazon respectively among the investors.

Intelligent road technology developer Cavnue raised the cash in a series A round co-led by Ford Motor Company while two other strategic partners, Globalvia and Landstar, also invested.

Call centre software producer Replicant closed a $78m series B round backed by Salesforce Ventures while Ashvattha Therapeutics raised $69m from investors including strategic partner Huadong Medicine.