Venture firm Aster is reportedly buying TotalEnergies' corporate VC portfolio following the oil and gas provider's transition to accelerator actvities.

NTT Investment Partners Fund IV will support companies whose products help promote the firm’s high-speed broadband communication initiative.

China's Baidu is looking to build an ecosystem around its AI chatbot and app development platform with the newly launched Wenxin Investment Fund.

Equipped with $100m, Energy Ignition Ventures will make decarbonisation investments in sectors including agriculture, mobility and energy.

Digital workflow company ServiceNow is the latest tech company to up its corporate venturing budget to make sure it stays current on AI.

Axa Venture Partners will invest nine-figure amounts through the new fund, which is expected to close in 2025 with its insurer parent putting up half the capital.

OpenAI Startup Fund has received $175m from 14 unnamed investors, surpassing its initial $100m target disclosed in May 2021.

Volvo Cars, Stena Fastigheter and Framtiden Group-backed Destination Invest will support startups in unfavourable areas of the Swedish city.

TDK's corporate venture arm has recruited battery producer Amperex as a limited partner for the EX1 fund, which will target electrification and decarbonisation startups.

The hospital group plans to back more than 50 companies through Catalyst, with workplace, big data and customer experience software startups all in the frame.