The gas utility will back startups in food and agriculture, wellness, real estate and tourism as it seeks to use corporate VC to expand its business.

A decade after forming real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan's CVC arm, Takeshi Kodama is set to take over at Japan's JERA Ventures.

The Japanese industrial conglomerate raised a fourth, $400m fund, which will focus on AI, frontier tech and push further into India.

Yanmar Ventures invests in deep tech startups in agri-, bio, food and climate tech.

Takeshi Munemasa worked in various corporate development roles at Japan's Norinchukin Bank before taking on his new role.

DeepSeek's cut-price generative AI offering makes it a direct rival to OpenAI and its US peers, but it's far from alone. Here are some alternative startups from outside the US that have received corporate backing.

JLR is the latest company to establish venture clienting partnerships with startups in the Indian market.

A 10-year veteran of NTT Docomo ventures, Hermanowicz is now a managing director in the Silicon Valley office.

Its reputation of political neutrality — and strength in life sciences — is making Singapore a favoured launchpad for western investors and Chinese startups.

The launch of the fund follows increased VC money flowing into the sports and entertainment sectors.