Ryoya Shimada was based at Sony Innovation Fund in Tokyo, Japan.

The Unicorn Growth Fund will target leading technology companies across Asia, with India as the focal point of its investment strategy.

Japan has a strong network of university-affiliated funds. These are now looking to back corporate carve-outs, too.

With three corporate-backed startups going public, most of India’s exits in November went through the public markets.

Ollie Graham-Yooll is heading to The Utopia Studio after four years as principal venture builder at BP's Omni-Sci Labs incubator.

The Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, an incubator for IIT Bombay, formed the fund to fill a gap in investment for early-stage deep tech.

Entire sub-sectors ranging from autonomous vehicles to healthcare provision to wealth management saw at least double the corporate-backed funding rounds of the same month last year.

The ecommerce services and software company plans to invest in five startups a year as it looks to build an ecosystem around its products.

Google's AI Futures Fund is partnering with Accel's Atoms pre-seed fund to invest up to $2m in each Indian artificial intelligence startup.

Taiwan's oldest university has tapped graduates to invest in its first investment fund.