Souring trade relations between the US and China are forcing global corporations to shift their investment focus.

Siddharth Mehta and Varadharajan Ranganathan will help TDK’s CVC arm invest in cleantech, EV and industry 5.0 startups based in the country.

Kratos Studios and Chaos Labs each secured $20m, part of a raft of rounds this week showing corporates are still backing new Web3 startups despite the FTX fallout.

The Japanese banking group partnered with local subsidiary Danamon for a fund that will back Indonesian startups, adding to its $300m Ganesha Fund in India.

Capital One Ventures’ Jaidev Shergill and SCB 10X’s Tai Panich are eyeing up embedded finance tools, blochchain banking and more.

Less-than-container-load specialist Allcargo has harnessed venture firm Northstar.vc for a partnership that will combine on supply chain technology investments.

Corporate-backed VC deals fell just 2% in 2022 vs a 25% fall for venture capital overall. A record number of new corporate funds were created.

WM Motor is executing a reverse merger at a hefty cut from its 2021 valuation, showing the big risks involved with investing in China's saturated electric vehicle sector.

An increasing number of companies across Asia are investing in startups, and these are some of the women powering those CVC efforts.

Japanese venture capital culture is starting to change and women at corporate venture units are at the forefront of the transition.