At Vivatech (Paris), Carbon8, the UK clean technology company specializing in carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), announce the closure of a £ 5 million (euros 5.79m / US $6 19 m) funding round. The EDF Group, through its corporate venture capital subsidiary EDF Pulse Ventures, and Vicat, the international cement group, have co- invested £ 4m (euros 4.69m) in the company .