AstraZeneca, GSK and Johnson & Johnson have joined forces with the tech transfer offices of three universities to form the Apollo Therapeutics Fund.

The Publicis90 platform (www.publicis90.com) will be open for submissions until February 28.

The industrial product maker's latest fund investment is in GRC SinoGreen Fund III, a China-based investor in green and environmental technologies.

British businessman Neil Woodford's Woodford Patient Capital Trust is assessing ways to raise additional capital after investing all the proceeds from its initial public offering.

The Wells Fargo-backed venture firm closed its third consecutive $1.2bn fund, after an 18-month period where it recorded 22 exits.

Brown University becomes a limited partner in Nautic Partners' latest fund that closed on its hard cap of $900m.

Cisco has set up a $100m initiative to support Italian startups and provide training to students and teachers in the country.

Rocket Internet Capital Partners has reached a $420m first close, securing $50m from its parent company, with which it plans to co-invest.

Unilever and Galeries Lafayette are among the limited partners for a $120m fund raised by venture firm Felix Capital Partners.

E-commerce holding company Silvertree Internet Holdings plans to invest $10m in Africa-based online companies from the start of 2016.