The private equity firm’s latest fund has closed with $2.1bn from backers including endowments for specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals investments.

Michigan’s endowment fund is to expand its contribution to Andreessen Horowitz’s cryptocurrency fund, which launched in last June.

Honda, Panasonic and Omron are among the limited partners of NordicNinja VC’s inaugural fund, which has identified several university ecosystems in northern Europe as offering opportunities.

Honda, Panasonic and Omron are among the limited partners of NordicNinja VC’s inaugural fund, which will focus on deep tech and help northern European startups expand into Asia.

Credit Suisse has added an extra $70m to its Entrepreneur Capital fund and invested an undisclosed amount in drone developer Perspective Robotics.

Allianz has boosted the capital reserves of digital investment unit Allianz X, whose portfolio includes unicorns G-Jek and N26, to more than $1.1bn.

SoftBank has reportedly invested $200m in a Europe-focused venture capital fund formed by Mubadala, which had committed $15bn to its Vision Fund two years ago.

University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores and Liverpool City Council will launch the Sciontec Liverpool fund to drive works for the city’s $2.6bn Knowledge Quarter Liverpool project.

State lawmakers are considering plans to fund supports for Maryland’s cybersecurity and life sciences sectors administered by local economic development agency Tedco.

Rabo Frontier Ventures now has $170m under management to invest in fintech and agtech developers, and will expand its focus internationally.