BayWa RE Energy Ventures will target energy-related technological areas like digitalisation, energy storage and e-mobility.

7wire Ventures' Connected Consumer Health Fund has secured a collection of healthcare and insurance providers as limited partners.

Google Assistant Investments will make strategic investments to support the capabilities of Alphabet's virtual assistant.

Kirsten Stead and John Hamer of Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), the strategic investment arm of agribusiness Monsanto, which is being acquired by Germany-based peer Bayer, will co-manage the expected $250m fund, which is run by a new management company for the biotech space and affiliated with venture capital firm Data Collective (DCVC).

Canada Trailblazer Fund will invest in Canada-based cloud services startups and has already backed Tier1CRM, Traction Guest, Tulip and OSF Commerce.

The reputations of Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center are expected to attract private investors as limited partners.

General Electric, Rockwell, Verizon and Software AG all backed The Hive's third AI-focused fund, which has closed at $26.5m.

Startups targeting fertility, PTSD and fungal skin infections are all in the frame for funding as Illumina Accleerator launches its seventh batch.

Changcheng Investment Partners is an independent firm sponsored by Baidu and managed by its ex-CFO that will target internet and artificial intelligence.