Sector analysis: Media

Clalit Health Services unit Mor Research Applications has backed Aspire Venture Precision Medicine Fund and partnered its Smart Health Innovation Lab.

Booking.com’s annual accelerator has chosen 10 finalists to join its third edition and they will receive monetary grants sized between $110,000 and $450,000.

Game producer Ubisoft has started accepting applications from entertainment services and blockchain-focused startups for its fourth accelerator scheme in France and a new location in Singapore.

Gree's corporate venture capital unit has reached the first close of its Strive III fund which is targeting a final close in excess of $130m by the end of this year.

The conglomerate's strategic fund will invest up to $10m in Southeast Asia-based companies at series A and B stage, and already has three portfolio companies.

Nabard’s food, agriculture and rural development-focused investment vehicle, Nabventures, has reached its first close and has a ceiling of nearly $100m.

Josh Epstein has come over from investment bank Stifel to head up the OLED display and lighting technology producer's newly launched UDC Ventures vehicle.

Telkomsel's newly formed Telkomsel Mitra Inovasi vehicle has launched a $40m fund in partnership with sister unit MDI Ventures and fellow corporate venturer Singtel Innov8.

Samurai Incubate Fund VI, backed by corporates such as Keikyu, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Seino Holdings, is set to start accepting applications for the second edition of The First Movers program.