Big Idea Ventures has added another five university partners to its Generation Food Rural Partners fund, ranging from Cornell to Washington State.

Hawke Ventures closed its first vehicle at $5.6m from 51 angel investors, TechCrunch reported last summer.

The reported corporate venture capital fund plans to invest between BR500,000 and BR5m in about 15 startups.

CBRE has been an investor in Fifth Wall investment programs since 2016 and increasingly active as a direct investor.

DigitalBridge Ventures led wireless adoption software developer Celona's $60m series C round while Papaya is paying up to $200m for Rakuten-backed payment platform developer Azimo.

Bikini brand Frankies Bikinis received $18m from strategic investor Victoria's Secret while department store retailer Lojas Renner has formed a $31m investment vehicle.

Real estate developer Tishman Speyer's Proptech Venture Fund is targeting $150m to back innovative real estate technology, following a series of investments by its parent.

The sportswear distributor’s $24.6m Goldwin Play Earth Fund will run for a decade and focus on environmentally friendly materials, sustainable manufacturing and sports-related healthcare and education.

University of California, Berkeley’s accelerator has picked up $60m for its second fund, less than two months after the programme launched a European presence in Italy.

The digital asset management group’s Nexo Ventures subsidiary will target companies operating in the Web3 ecosystem, in areas including blockchain, game finance and metaverse products.