The comic publishing company has begun accepting submissions for its four-month accelerator dubbed Manga Tech 2020, which is set to kick off in November.

Bank Central Asia's accelerator has chosen 11 startups for the third cohort of its accelerator partnership with GK – Plug and Play.

The medical technology provider has formed Ascendum Capital Partners in partnership with DCP Capital and Qiming Venture Partners.

Exelon has chosen 10 climate change mitigation startups that will receive an initial $1m in funding as part of a $20m scheme.

Warsaw Stock Exchange subsidiary GPW Ventures has teamed up with Poland’s National Centre for Agricultural Support for a fund that will manage an initial $6.6m.

The insurance firm is set to begin by contributing to a TPG-run fund before moving on to its own investments in three years time.

Google for Startups and Indico Capital Partners have jointly formed a $13.7m fund and announced the first six startups in their Lisbon accelerator.

Marie-Laure Mahé is heading up the recently launched corporate venture capital subsidiary of health and hygeine product maker Essity.

Merck & Co and Ackermans & van Haaren are among the limited partners for the $68m first close of Quadria Capital's healthcare technology fund.

The biofuel provider has launched Euglena Sustainable Ventures to invest in bioinformatics, direct-to-consumer and healthcare technology developers.