Altana hired Thomas Kostka after more than a decade at Henkel to head up its coprorate venture capital activities.

Venture firm Mindset Partners has hired Jules Miller, an IBM veteran who headed up a blockchain-focused accelerator.

Amit Kakar will supervise a Singapore office that will spearhead the pharmaceutical company's corporate venturing investments across Asia.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Cloud storage provider XSky pushed its funding haul to $38m after securing the return of a Tsinghua University's fund management affiliate.

Drug developer CF PharmTech has raised $50m in an SAIC-backed series F round just six months after closing $90m in series E funding.

Innoport, PSA Unboxed and KSL Maritime Ventures are among the partners in a government-backed scheme to boost maritime technology in Singapore.

Marico has purchased the remainder of Beardo three years after it acquired a 45% stake in the men's grooming brand.

Eneos, NEC Capital Solutions and Sojitz were among the investors to back a $26.3m round for the solar energy system installer.

MDI Ventures has exited Sonar Platform, developer of a social media marketing platform, in an acquisition by Dataxet.