MDI Ventures CEO Donald Wihardja tells us why local service providers can prosper where big multinationals can't, and why his firm is set to facilitate a new wave of corporate VC in Indonesia.

China needs to add more innovation and value to the goods it produces to grow its economy. The recent Chinese National Congress gave a clear indication of supporting this.

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.