Michelin Ventures is in the process of closing its fourth investment and hopes to invest between $28.5m and $34m per year.

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and Bitfury will pilot the program with Russian government funding in the latest of a series of blockchain-related projects announced by higher education institutions.

OUI's Gregg Bayes-Brown talks to Evotec's Thomas Hanke about what Lab282 has achieved in its first two years and what is next for the partnership.

Aviva has agreed to buy a majority stake in home protection platform provider backed by its own corporate venturing fund as well as Munich Re.

Axa has backed a $26..2m round for the patient gifting platform, which now plans to expand into Germany, the UK and Switzerland.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The Rocket Internet-founded e-commerce group, whose investors include Tengelmann and Access Industries, could be valued at up to $2.8bn in the offering.

NovaUCD, Vodafone Ireland and Ericsson will start an Ireland-wide accelerator for emerging 5G-related technologies.

The exercise equipment producer has received $20m in series D funding, two years after it secured $45m, with NGP Capital leading the latest round.