Adisseo is the cornerstone investor in a Seventure Partners fund that has reached a first close of almost $30m.

Fireside Ventures has closed a $52.3m fund backed by corporate limited partners Unilever, ITC, RP-Sanjiv Goenka, Hero Enterprise and Emami.

The corporates, together with venture firm Yahoo Japan, have committed $100m to a Southeast Asia-focused tech fund that will invest up to $15m at series B stage and later.

Fidelity subsidiary Eight Roads Ventures has attracted $375m for a Europe and Israel-focused fund that will target enterprise, consumer, fintech and healthcare IT.

The Rabobank-backed food and agriculture venture firm has added $75m to the $125m first fund it initially closed in early 2016, and announced two new investments.

Genesis Innovation Group's Cultivate(MD) vehicle has raised $7.2m of a targeted $10m fund that will invest in early-stage healthcare technology developers.

Valley Growth Ventures, whose founding partners include Youngstown State University, has begun talks with a healthcare-focused startup that could result in its first investment.

The publicly-listed fast food retailer has committed almost $80m to a consumer and retail-focused fund that will be managed by Tiantu Capital.

Singha Ventures will invest in areas such as consumer products, retail, logistics, enterprise healthcare and renewable energy as well as other funds.