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Kyocera Ventures Innovation Fund I will back developers of technologies including energy, mobility AI, chips and nuclear fusion.

Tali Ventures will invest in early to growth stage startups to advances initiatives in the digital ecosystem.

Masatoshi Nishi, who has been with the Japanese oil and gas producer for more than a decade, will oversee CVC activities for the firm.

A number of corporations have launched CVCs in the Middle East. Here are the women putting the region's venturing on the map.

Reazon Capital will invest in pre-series A startups in the entertainment, deep tech and growth markets sector - with a focus on Vietnam.

The MSG seasoning manufacturer has opened a Silicon Valley CVC office three years after it began startup investment activities in Japan.

After a promising start the Thai startup ecosystem has slowed. Some say too much corporate money may have been part of the problem.

Husk Power Systems has just raised $100m from investors including Shell to build 1,500 solar mini-grids in India and Nigeria in the next four to five years.

Turkey has the ingredients to be a top tech market, but it needs investors to take more risk if its startups are to get past early stage.

The corporates both committed further nine-figure sums to back startups in the rapidly growing Indian venture market.