Head of strategy Neeraj Makin will oversee Dubai banking group NBD's corporate venture fund, one of the few to be set up by a Middle Eastern bank.

Enzymes to infinitely recycle plastic, a way to make green ammonia and an app to detect early Alzheimer's are among this month's noteworthy technologies.

Gil Rotenberg has joined the Samsung unit as an investment principal following three years of early-stage investing at Clal Financial Management.

BioBetter’s technology utilises tobacco plants to provide a climate-friendly response to the meat production industry.

Some 44% of respondents said politics was their biggest worry about investing in China, followed by the difficulty of hiring a local team.

While politicians want to bring tech manufacturing back to western countries, the economics are stacked against it.

SoftBank helped the on-demand laundry service push its valuation past $250m, a rare occurrence in a sector that's so far failed to catch fire.

Ten years ago Japanese corporate venturing was little more than sporadic trips to Silicon Valley. Now Japan is taking a lead role.

Shiseido China launched a new fund in August that will help it expand into areas like men's skincare and medical cosmetology.

Corporate investors must not lose sight of who they are serving, ie the startup, Jim Adler, head of Toyota Ventures told the GCV audience in Tokyo.