Inven Capital

Cloud&Heat, a German provider of solutions for the cloud computing market, has raised 10 million euros in funding. ETF Partners led the round with participation from Inven Capital.

Tado said April 26 it closed $23 million in funding from Inven Capital, the VC arm of Čez Group. Tado provides home climate control solutions like thermostats and AC controls.

Tado, a maker of a smart climate control device and app, announced it has raised $23 million in funding entirely from Inven Capital, a venture arm of CEZ Group. The company, which has its headquarters in Munich, Germany, and sells its device in Europe, the United States and Singapore, has now raised $57 million in total funding. This includes a $17.1 million funding in October. Existing investors include Siemens AG's VC arm and Statkraft Venture Capital, the investment unit of Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, as well as Target Partners, Shortcut Ventures, BayBG and others.

Sunfire GmbH, a developer of reversible high-temperature electrolysers and high-temperature fuel cells, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors included Inven Capital, Total Energy Ventures and Electranova Capital, managed by Idinvest Partners.

Microsoft has acquired Boston-based CyberX, which monitors industrial networks for targeted attacks, insider threats and vulnerabilities.

California and Israel-based Driivz LTD, a provider of smart electric vehicle charging management solutions, has raised $12 million in funding. The investors included Centrica plc, Ombu Group and Inven Capital.

Tado said Oct. 25 that it raised $50 million in funding from investors including Amazon, E.ON, Total Energy Ventures, Energy Innovation Capital, Inven Capital and the European Investment Bank. Tado, of Munich, provides Smart Thermostats connect heating and air conditioning systems to the internet.

German battery maker sonnen GmbH on Monday said it has secured financial backing from GE Ventures, General Electric's venture capital subsidiary, to develop its brand of residential power storage systems, Reuters reported.