The joint fund set up by the Indian and Asian investors will invest in information and communications technology companies globally.

The industrial conglomerate and the organisation partner together on a pan-European basis in the latest tie-up by GE's Ecomagination Challenge, through which the company and partners have committed $134m.

The LVMH-owned corporate venturing fund is set to push its Asian spending to $1bn when it raises its second fund this year, with much of the investment going towards China.

At least one venture group's fundraising has a potential $25m commitment from an undisclosed bank impacted by the Volcker Rule.

The venture capital firm, previously a part of the IDG Group, is reportedly seeking up to $200m for its second independent fund.

The Switzerland-based phone operator's corporate venturing unit is eyeing raising $200m across three funds.

Saudia Aramco Energy Ventures's head pledges the Saudia Arabia-based energy company is looking to become "an integrated energy and chemicals company with greater energy efficiency and use of alternative energy."

The education campaign, Stanford v. Roche: University Ownership versus Stewardship, will examine the implications of the High Court's ruling handed down in June, which found that universities could not use the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act to claim ownership of inventions made with federal support when the ruling went in favour of Switzerland-based pharmaceutical group Roche rather than the US university.

As part of its $400m fundraising from Samsung's business units, which range from electronics to chemicals and heavy industry, SVIC has expanded its team and set aside part of the commitment to take seed-stage deals initially in the US.