Areas to be targeted by Climate Pledge Fund will include transport, logistics, manufacturing, materials, renewable energy, food and agriculture technology.

The pharmaceutical firm has transferred China-based business development director Manabu Aruga to its Tokyo headquarters where he will oversee corporate VC deals in Asia.

The merchant group’s LDC Innovations fund will back food and agtech startups, with Max Clegg, its former head of food innovation, heading up the unit.

Kunal Mehta has been promoted to principal at the media group's corporate venturing unit, which has also hired senior associate Jacqueline Cegla and associate Isabel Lo.

The nutrition and biotechnology company is accepting applications for its five-month Ajinomoto Group Accelerator initiative, which is scheduled to begin in December.

Rail operator JR East's newly formed incubation hub has begun accepting membership applications from entrepreneurs.

The oil and gas producer’s Wind Ventures vehicle features ex-corporate venturers from Konica Minolta and GM Ventures, and has revealed its first portfolio companies.

Adam Feigenbaum has followed another ex-iCIMS executive, Colin Day, to Susquehanna Growth Equity where he has been hired in a similar position.

GCV Powerlist member Kristin Aamodt is leaving Equinor Technology Ventures, which is being merged with a sister unit under Gareth Burns, to join venture firm ArcTern Ventures.

The scheme will involve increased investment in black-led companies and capital firms as well as the formation of an accelerator for black entrepreneurs.