The Japan-based plant seedling producer’s $4.7m Farm to Table Fund will invest in food and agritech startups to support the food supply chain.

Binance and its Indian subsidiary WazirX intend to provide $50m in funding for blockchain technology developers following regulatory changes in the South Asian country.

The conglomerate's corporate venturing subsidiary, set up over a year ago with a $100m investment target, has closed, apparently without striking a deal.

The third annual Global Corporate Venturing Israel conference took place in Tel Aviv on February 11 in partnership with local corporate innovation advisory firm Axis Innovation.

Repsol is among the limited partners that have committed to the venture firm’s $60m first fund, which is expected to make 10 more investments before 2022.

The Iniciativa Women Entrepreneurship scheme consists of $10.4m fund WE Ventures and a smaller development-stage vehicle called WE Impact.

Mitsubishi has reportedly elected to stop providing funding for the $1bn CVC partnership and Nissan to possibly follow.

The Spain-based energy utility is set to contribute approximately $23m to the vehicle, which will invest in renewable energy technology developers.

Gree's corporate venturing arm has closed its third fund having raised more than $100m despite failing to reach its initial target.

Supply chain services provider Imperial Logistics is targeting early-stage logistics with a fund that is being managed by venture firm Newtown Partners.