Two years after its launch, venture firm Seventure has closed its Health for Life Capital fund at $175m after Novartis joined a raft of existing corporate partners.
The second-hand fashion marketplace has attracted $27m from a consortium including Hubert Burda Media, and plans to now expand into new markets.
The insurance group will allocate the funding to internet of things, data and analytics, sharing economy and customer experience startups over the next five years.
Distill Ventures, the accelerator funded by alcohol producer Diageo, has made its first investment, injecting more than $15m into whisky producer Stauning.
Corporate venturing unit Google Ventures will operate as a single global fund from January, after cutting seed investments and rebranding as GV.
The mobile ticketing app for public transport has added Keolis and Mastercard to its shareholders and has now raised more than $20m altogether.
Digital development business Stradigi's incubator, Stradigi Ventures, is seeking out startups operating in the media and technology spaces.
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