The blockchain software producer is planning to spin out most of its incubator startups as its Consensys Labs unit refocuses on direct investments.

Sun Life invested an undisclosed sum as part of the series A round, disclosed alongside news Bowtie has received a licence to sell life insurance virtually.

CIB's newly formed CVentures subsidiary has taken on the bank's head of structuring, execution and venture capital, Emad Fouad as managing director.

Banking firm CIB has launched a corporate venturing division targeting early-stage fintech businesses in Egypt, Africa and the Middle East.

In part one of our 2018 trends round up, we examine the ubiquity of SoftBank's Vision Fund, the increased willingness of unicorns to go public, and increased activity in the crypto and agriculture spaces.

Telematics system developer and MIT spinout Cambridge Mobile Telematics has raised $500m from Vision Fund that will be used for product development.

Tencent reportedly owns more than 30% of online brokerage Futu Securities, which has confidentially filed to go public, targeting a $2.5bn valuation.

Telematics system developer and MIT spinout Cambridge Mobile Telematics has raised $500m from Vision Fund that will be used for product development.

Ikove Venture Partners has launched a $10m venture capital vehicle to help spawn spinouts based on projects at Ohio universities.

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and existing investor JPMorgan Chase provided $17.5m of funding for the financial data software developer.