Frontier IP sold $3.2m through a placement to new and existing backers as it announced its portfolio value had risen 34% year-on-year.

Real Estate Technology Ventures has achieved a final close of $108m for a first fund backed by Aimco, Boardwalk, Essex, MidAmerica and UDR, and made a follow-on investment in SmartRent.

Applied Materials' corporate venturing unit is partnering Empire State Development to fund startups in upstate New York while investing in an R&D hub at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

The transportation services provider is eyeing mobility startups with $100m corporate venturing fund ComfortDelGro Capital Partners.

Avaloq Ventures will invest in fintech startups on behalf of the financial services software provider, which backed cryptocurrency technology startup Metaco earlier this year.

The music festival ticket marketplace plans to expand into North America and Asia having secured $10.5m from investors including Channel 4's Commercial Growth Fund and InMotion Ventures.

Swisscom Ventures co-led the indoor drone developer's series B round, which also featured Dow Chemical and existing backers including MKS.

VC firm Panache Ventures has increased the target for its debut fund to approximately $38m after welcoming Telus Ventures as a limited partner.

The corporate has resurrected the Schneider Electric Ventures unit it folded into Aster in 2010 and will invest up to $565m through the vehicle.

Call centre software provider Talkdesk has formed a $10m investment fund partially based on one of its investors, Salesforce Ventures.