The European Commission-backed venture fund has secured commitments from Nestlé, Volkswohl Bund Versicherungen and Neste for its second close.

Former BMW i Ventures partner Greg Smithies is leading a venture firm Fifth Wall's Climate Tech fund, which has a reported $200m target for its close.

Fresh from an announced takeover by Salesforce, Slack is putting $50m into a vehicle that will expand its enterpise software focus.

Canadian Solar has helped the venture capital firm push its total fundraising past the $300m mark with the first close of its two newest funds.

Temasek has pumped $51.5m into classified listings operator Info Edge's debut consumer technology fund, bringing its corpus to almost two thirds of its $100m ceiling.

The digital payment technology provider has become the latest corporate to launch a venture capital investment vehicle focused on the fintech sector.

The advertising services provider’s first fund is raising up to $14.5m and will operate on a geography-agnostic basis, targeting startups in the health, beauty and food sectors.

The payment services provider's Saison Ventures unit will oversee the microfinance initiative, which is targeting Southeast Asia.

Coloridoh, Ellie, Hakken, Greenspoon, TechMagic and Lyxis will all join the five-month programme overseen by Ajinomoto Group Accelerator powered by 01Booster.

Access Ventures' second Asia-focused venture capital fund added Line Ventures and Manahusa Capital to an LP list already containing F&F and Nodo.