Willis Towers Watson has created a corporate venturing subsidiary, WTW Strategic Ventures, and a new group, the Growth Board, to make strategic investments in startups.

Auth0, CircleCI and Stripe have jointly launched a support scheme dubbed Go_SaaS to help startups promote software-as-a-service platforms.

The Vietnam-focused venture fund has received an undisclosed amount from Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund through a strategic partnership.

Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II reached its hard cap with commitments from Manulife and Bank of Montreal, adding to capital from backers including Sun Life.

The Toyota and SMBC-backed VC vehicle has joined Anglo American Platinum, Mitsubishi and Public Investment Corporation in the hope of increasing its investment in hydrogen economy applications.

Deerfield Management and Columbia University have launched a $130m commercialisation fund, Hudson Heights Innovation, to support the university's early-stage biomedical research.

Argentina-based YPF has set up a corporate venture capital subsidiary, YPF Ventures, and will conduct international and local deals respectively through Argentina Energy Bridge Fund and YPF Early Stage Fund.

The Singaporean-state owned venture firm is targeting $770m for its latest fund and has secured $50m from NEC Capital Solutions and $20m from Aozora Bank.

Vision Fund has entered talks with banks including Goldman Sachs to borrow against its stakes in Uber, Slack and Guardant Health.

The insurance firm has followed its $50m first fund, launched two years ago, with the $150m Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures Fund II.