The US-based pharmaceutical company helps the Indiana seed fund raise its next vehicle.

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation reportedly forms a RMB1bn ($158m) fund.

Brookhaven National Laboratory teams up with non-profit business development organisation the Long Island Capital Alliance [LICA].

Yale professor Craig Crews says the partnershop reflects "a new paradigm" of how academics and the pharmaceutical industry can partner.

The New York Times' corporate venturing unit unveils its first product, after the media group decided to start the venture arm based on its experience running a research and development lab.

The incubator previously backed by Sandbox Industries and imaging company Merge Healthcare follows up a programme in Chicago with one in the Boston and Cambridge area.

China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) has launched a fund in collaboration with HGI Finaves to provide seed funding as well as series A round investments of up to RMB300m in the first phase of a project's development.

News provider Business Insider said venture capital firm Meritech Capital Partners led Evernote's latest round.

Research In Motion has backed Hyperdrive, a Canada-based start-up incubator with a $30m fund.

Deals will come from three main areas, or circles: first, the industrial LPs; second, universities, such as the Sorbonne and ParisTech; and, third, seven incubators around the country, including ones in Rens, Grenoble and Montpelier.