Launched in July last year, Swisscom Digital Transformation Fund is Swisscom Ventures’ first investment vehicle that is open to third-party institutional investors.

Among the many news released by Salesforce Ventures last year, the unit announced in early December two new $100m funds in Canada and Japan, both aiming to boost startup innovation that is part of the global Salesforce ecosystem.

City Football is the anchor investor in Sapphire Sport, which is also backed by SAP, Adidas, Sinclair, AEG, Major League Baseball, the New York Jets and the San Jose Sharks.

US-based pension fund Lacera has provided $100m for the latest fund to be raised by corporate venturing unit Lilly Asia Ventures, which has a $750m target.

Hana Ventures intends to provide some $890m in loans and direct investment for VC firms targeting biotech and ICT companies, over the next three years.

Rob Lavine, News editor for Global Corporate Venturing, reviews the trends in venturing from 2018

Rise Growth Investments will back each cohort of Barclays tri-national fintech accelerator scheme with a total of up to $13.2m of funding.

MásMóvil has established a startup accelerator after rising to become Spain’s fourth biggest telecommunications player.

Alphabet's healthcare spinoff, Verily, is doubling the amount of companies in its investment and collaboration hub to about 15 participants.

Third-party venture firm University of Arizona Venture Capital raised its first fund last year and has since backed five Arizona-linked businesses with an average cheque size of $2m.