The US league for American football is co-ordinating its members to invest in venture capital.

Intel Capital is reportedly considering raising a second India fund, six years after it raised its debut fund.

Tata Capital has closed the second round of its Opportunities Fund, with the fund reaching $550m.

The fund has raised about $15m in seed round funding from internal sources and close associates and has closed its first investment, GlucoTec.

Alongside BeCitizen, Cobepa and La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild, BeCapital has commitments from mostly European families with industrial backgrounds.

Razor's Edge invests in emerging private companies and disruptive technologies for the US national security community.

GE is launching its Ecomagination Challenge in China along with seven venture capital partners, together providing $100 million to back innovations in gas power, including natural gas, biogas, shale gas and coal bed methane gas.

This Joyful Frog Digital Incubator - Innov8 2012 Bootcamp is a 100-day programme which will give digital start-ups S$15,000 and mentorship from industry executives plus access to mobile markets and investors across Asia.

Alongside Amgen Ventures, which was founded in 2004, in Ardelyx's $30m B round were venture capital firms NEA and CMEA and individual investors.

Japan-based companies Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), Gree, Mitsubishi UFJ and NEC Biglobe have launched a corporate venturing fund to provide money to early-stage companies.