Japan's sophisticated network of university investment funds make it an outlier among other Asian countries.

While 65% of US ad spend has slipped from traditional media to the hands of Amazon, Google and Facebook, the Times of India has protected its market share on the subcontinent by investing in startups. The publishing group now wants to bring the model to the US.

The initiative, also backed by Thai family office VC Boon Ventures, will target blockchain projects specialised in Move, the programming language by Movement Labs.

Korea has a strong roster of startups providing software for industry and large conglomerates. They are now finding markets abroad, too.

GCV Powerlist mainstay Gen Tsuchikawa left Japanese conglomerate Sony after two decades, having led its CVC unit in the past eight years.

The Canadian venture firm is opening an office in Asia as Asian corporations flock to invest in its fifth fund and largest fund.

Korean startups offer juicy morsels for international investors amid a tough funding climate and as the government relaxes CVC rules.

Formed in association with US venture firm SVG Ventures, the Sunrise Fund will back early-stage agritech startups.

Telkom’s CVC hasn’t made any new investments amid weak portfolio performance.

The Japanese electronics producer named Kwame Koranteng an investment manager for its CVC arm, representing its first Africa-based investor.