Australia has one of the world's most mature university investment ecosystems, thanks to large pensions funds, Uniseed and royalties from wifi.

The state-backed Luxembourg Future Fund has put $5.4m into VIVES Inter-University Fund, bringing the multi-university venture fund’s new total to $80.5m.

PruVen Capital's first fund had one corporate backer. Its second sees contribution from multiple insurance companies.

SEC filings show the CVC wants to raise its third nine-figure fund to back biotech startups.

The Chinese unicorn, last valued at $2.8bn, will back AI and robotics startups through two funds under the newly formed Empyrean Venture.

Finno Efra will invest in Thai and Southeast Asian seed to pre-series A tech startups, supplying up to $1.2m per deal.

The number of funds is the same but European ones cover multiple universities — and the US still creates more university spinouts.

Media for equity is on the rise and Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest have all used it, but what kind of startup and what kind of media company is it right for?

The US stood out as July continued a strong summer for corporate venture activity on the back of AI penetrating more industries, according to GCV data.

The CVC arm of crypto exchange OKX has partnered with Aptos to launch a new fund targeting web3 and cryptocurrency projects.