The BBVA Open Innovation Acceleration Program will work with startups to foster innovation in the fintech ecosystem.

The Indo-Japan Emerging Technology & Innovation initiative has secured Nippon Life and Suzuki as limited partners and will back up to 25 Indian VC funds.

The Japan-based investment firm has partnered Mizuho Financial Group to set up The Fund, which will back later-stage, pre-IPO companies.

The fund will focus on logistics technology developers and boasts JD Logistics, parent company JD.com and unnamed additional corporates among its limited partners.

Deutsche Telekom's corporate venturing vehicle has sourced capital from limited partners including SK Telecom and Zeiss for a newly formed VC and growth fund.

The total size of investments from the Cambridge-allied patient capital fund rose from $45.8m in 2017-2018, following a $196m fundraising effort earlier this year.

Sino-Singapore Healthcare Fund will back businesses in Southeast Asia, and Sinopharm has also taken part in a $20m series B round for one of its other partners, Novena Global Lifecare.

AgFunder has joined Rocket Seeder to form a new agriculture and food accelerator with Singaporean government support to complement the launch of its $50m, Southeast Asia-focused VC fund.

Korea Telecommunications Operators Association is among the limited partners in a $42m fund aimed at technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and 5G networks.

A collaborative research fund established by Imperial and TUM has made its public debut with at least 12 projects in its portfolio focused on areas including healthcare, energy and industry.