The Information, the operator of a subscriber-based online media offering catering to the tech industry, will invest $25,000 in each team that takes part in its accelerator.

Ameren Accelerator has chosen the seven energy technology startups startups that will make up its first batch.

Conglomerates CG Corp Global and NE Group are among the four general partners for a $100m fund raised by venture firm Prestellar Ventures.

Moleskine's Open Innovation Program has launched in partnership with Digital Magics and will support mobile smart object technology startups.

Nonprofit incubator operator Nudge Foundation has secured partners including Tata Trusts, Maruti, Cisco, Mphasis, Godrej, Target and Wells Fargo.

Nobuyuki Akimoto's departure from NTT Docomo Ventures comes as insurance firm Sompo commits up to $80m to TransLink to manage its corporate venture capital fund.

Developers Launchpad Studio will provide $50,000 of equity-free funding to artificial intelligence and machine learning developers along with technical assistance.

Enterprise Ireland is launching an aviation and aerospace accelerator with partners including Shannon Group, Boeing and Datalex.