The insurance company will partner with venture capital firms such as GGV Capital and Ribbit Capital as it looks to invest big in fintech innovation.

China Digital TV will invest $16m in the fund, which will target digital television technology startups operating in its home country.

The meeting of minds between IT and healthcare is a strategic move that will help accelerate big data convergence in the wider healthcare and life sciences segments. New Entrant of the Year recipient DRX Capital has capitalised on this exciting investment segment with a fellow corporate venturing unit, potentially urging others to co-fund digital health investment opportunities.

HT Media and investment firm North Base Media have set up an accelerator that will invest up to $100,000 in India-based original content and adtech startups.

Airware has launched a fund to support commercial drone startups, while DJI and Accel have set up a fund to invest in drone-related technologies.

The Vietnam-based IT company has partnered with 500 Startups on a unit that will fund local e-commerce, advertising, healthcare and education technology startups.

Rob Weisbord, COO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, spoke to Global Corporate Venturing about the company's new fund, which is sized at $250m.

The Norway-based company, which claims to be Europe's largest renewable energy producer, will invest more than $110m in energy-based companies in the next 10 years.