Stephen Cook, previously chief commercial officer of group technology for BP, has moved to senior vice-president of its Launchpad and Ventures subsidiary.

Hyundai has hired Henry Chung, previously of LG Electronics, to lead its Cradle Silicon Valley vehicle as senior vice-president.

ServiceNow has hired Philip Kirk as vice-president of corporate development following a lengthy stint in the same position at Cisco.

The football club will match up to $5.3m in FundBox investment for startups in the form of expertise and resources.

Dassault Aviation put up $15.3m for the $739m close of Ace Aero Partenaires' aviation technology fund, which includes Airbus, Safran and Thales among its limited partners.

The accounting platform operator’s investment subsidiary has unveiled Hirac Fund’s $11.7m initial close with multiple corporate LPs on its way to a $29m ceiling.

YJ Capital and East Ventures’ joint accelerator scheme has opened the application period for a new batch of innovative startups.

Matt Kolling has taken on the chief investment officer position at Union Bank’s corporate venturing unit nearly a year after joining its parent company Aboitiz as head of venture investments.

Fosun's venture capital affiliate is raising cash from external investors for the first time, and has pulled in $186m for the first close of its newest fund.

The driver’s education provider has put together a fund of undisclosed size dubbed Minami Incubate to back education, mobility and revitalisation technology startups.