IMEC, the micro and nano-electronic research centre is joined by Baekeland II Fund, the investment fund of Ghent University and Vesalius backing the company.

The Singapore-based mobile education group which is going through an incubator programme backed by SingTel Innov8, reportedly wins another incubation investment.

Corporates including health companies Aetna and UnitedHealth Group have clubbed together with venture capital firms and a fund chaired by US private equity veteran Henry Kravis, to invest in healthcare technology start-ups in the region.

The New York Times' corporate venturing unit unveils its first product, after the media group decided to start the venture arm based on its experience running a research and development lab.

CyberAgent Ventures-backed Forkwell, a Japan-based jobs website for software engineers, raises more funds from Nippon Venture Capital.

Pinel Advocates' corporate venturing unit is off to a quick start in investing after launching in March.

Google Ventures backs the company set up by the co-founders of YouTube, which was bought by the US-based search engine in 2006

Japan-based materials supplier JSR Corporation and a venture firm linked to US-based advanced ceramics business Coorstek invest in the ionic liquids company, which plans to be the first producer of the battery material in "industrial volumes".

The incubator previously backed by Sandbox Industries and imaging company Merge Healthcare follows up a programme in Chicago with one in the Boston and Cambridge area.

Arizona Board of Regents already has a small interest in these companies through the licensing arrangement to the start-up but ASU does not take additional interest through the company's participation in the programme, the university said by email.