The Japanese telecoms firm has again teamed with venture firm Global Brain, for a fund that will prioritise artificial intelligence and deeptech.

The launch of the fund follows Sanofi’s investment in a $1bn insulin production facility in Beijing, China.

Indian defence tech startups are seeing greater investor interest, thanks to various government initiatives. Here's what it means for the sector - and 11 Indian defence tech startups to watch.

SoftBank just led a $40bn funding round into OpenAI and is backing the $500bn Stargate AI project announced by President Trump. Big bets haven't always gone well for the investment fund - is this time different?

CoreWeave, Discord, Klarna and Jio are among the high-value tech companies on the slate for 2025 IPOs, but market volatility could delay things, says exits expert Jeff Baglio.

Tokyo Metro Ventures will target startups that can improve the value of its stations and solve issues on its lines.

Anchor investor Shanghai Industrial Investment targets opportunities in biomedical sectors, including neurodegeneration and gene therapy.

There were 42 corporate-backed startup funding rounds in China in February, up 27% from the previous month. Most of these were backed by Chinese tech giants such as Tencent and Baidu.

Saemin Ahn spent nearly 10 years with Rakuten's CVC as managing partner;. He rejoined in February following a two-year spell with VC 500 Global.

After a series of exits, India-focused investors are ready to fund the next round of startups. This time the money will go to more hard tech areas.