Xin Ma has been made chief investment officer of Fonterra's CVC arm, where she will oversee the global investment strategy.

As sales of cameras and printers have declined, Canon Marketing Japan's VC unit has been tasked with finding new sources of revenue.

Some 58 corporate-backed startups had an exit in July, amid a return of stock market listings.

Increases in corporate-backed funding rounds in IT and industrial startups have driven dealmaking to a post-tech investment boom high in July.

This is the second fund of funds for Gree Ventures.

Dirk Ullrich has been hired as the head of AP Labs, the Australian government-run postal service Australia Post's incubation arm.

Nicholas Chin will continue to focus on principal investing across the Asia-Pacific region in his new role.

The Japanese banking group's SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund will invest in US-based AI and fintech startups.

Ammonia-to-clean power startup Amogy is expanding in Asia where demand for its technology is growing for powering AI and data centres.

Two years since the inception of the investment arm, new head Takeshi Kodama is helping solidify the unit's vision for the future energy mix.