Financial services provider Shinhan has deployed an Indonesian version of its Future’s Lab initiative in partnership with CoHive.

Anglo American Platinum-backed investment fund AP Ventures has secured $30m from Compagnie Plastic Omnium for its AP Ventures Fund II fund.

Vodacom Tanzania and Smart Lab have established a $150,000 accelerator that will coach founders of early and growth-stage companies in sectors including mobile, fintech and education.

The Gojek Xcelerate accelerator will take 20 local businesses through their paces in areas over the course of a six-month period.

The corporate has already backed Kaszek Ventures and Valor Capital, but plans to supply cash for up to 10 venture firms in connection with its $5bn Latin America fund.

Children’s Minnesota has backed the first close of 4Bio Ventures II, a $150m venture fund that will focus on areas such as cell and gene therapy.

Sompo, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust, Kansai Electric Power, Suzuyo, NEC, Bridgestone, Yamaha Motor and Lion are among the LPs that contributed to Global Catalyst Partners Japan’s $75.4m fund.

TIAP, previously Mars Innovation, has lured drug firm Amgen to co-invest in portfolio businesses based on its members' health sciences research.

Spinouts such as Oxford’s Moa Technology and Cambridge’s Paragraf were a focal point for Parkwalk Advisors’ largest EIS-assisted venture fund during the 2018-19 tax year.

Kuehne + Nagel and Temasek's joint investment venture has launched with its first fund, to back logistics and supply chain technology startups.