The mental well-being and recruitment services provider has launched an investment vehicle that will provide up to $950,000 per deal.

The UK regional tech transfer alliance's Seed Investment Fund expects to close its first investments in coming months, targeting sectors including healthcare and data.

Pension fund managers including Telstra Super have invested in the fourth fund for Blackbird Ventures, which focuses on startups across Australia and New Zealand.

Unnamed endowments have joined a digital asset-focused fund closed by Electric Capital to bet big on distributed financing models.

Nestlé is the main backer of the consumer investment firm's latest fund, which has a $150m target for its final close.

Mercantile Bank, BoABank of America and Spectrum Health have all backed the diversity-focused fund, which is targeting a $25m final close.

Telecom Italia is putting up about $70m for a growth-stage fund with a $175m targeted close that will be managed by VC firm United Ventures.

UCL Technology Fund 2 has achieved a first close on the way to its $131m target, with a cornerstone investment from UCL itself.

Solvay Ventures is among the limited partners for the advanced materials-focused Richland Capital Fund III following a contribution to a similar vehicle for Longwater Investment.

The football club will match up to $5.3m in FundBox investment for startups in the form of expertise and resources.