Bupa's Blue Table accelerator is one of a range of corporate startup initiatives to be launched in the past month, including those by Rabobank, Bosch, HPE and Sunway.

Online video platform YY has spun out livestreaming subsidiary Huya with a $75m series A round led by Ping An Insurance.

WuXi PharmaTech's corporate venturing arm will merge with VC firm Frontline BioVentures to create an investment firm with $800m of assets under management.

Softbank has committed $28bn to its Vision Fund, including $8.2bn through the transfer of a 24.99% stake in its chip design subsidiary Arm.

Sharp has agreed to invest up to $1bn in the fund, which has already secured fellow corporates Apple, Qualcomm and Foxconn as LPs on its way to a possible $100bn close.

SoftBank now holds a 20% stake in Paytm owner One97 Communications, with $400m of its investment being used to buy shares from existing backers.

Majid Al Futtaim, Nokia, Almajdouie and Kanoo are among the investors in a series B round for Fetchr, which enables shipping to locations that do not have an address.

Sony Innovation Fund has provided an undisclosed amount for cybersecurity technology developer Caulis, representing the second domestic investment from the fund.