Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation is partnering accelerator Comb+ for a fund that has already raised more than half its $76.8m target.

The venture capital firm, which was founded by Nokia in 2005, is dropping the firm's name from its branding.

Real Ventures has secured capital from limited partners including Tencent and Singapore state-owned investment firm Temasek for funds aimed at Montreal and wider Canada.

AG Insurance and Flemish government-owned PMV have committed to be cornerstone investors in the fund, which has achieved a $150m close.

The Cultivate(MD) Capital Fund will start investing in medical device and orthopaedic technology companies in early 2018.

Optum Ventures will invest in early-stage startups that focus on delivering better healthcare.

The investment firm, co-founded by electric vehicle manufacturer Nio, is looking to raise $500m for a fund that would focus on the automotive industry.

Data research and analytics firm Nordic Web has launched an angel fund that will invest in up to 15 early-stage startups based across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.