The digital currency exchange platform will fund early-stage companies, decentralised finance projects, NFTs and mergers and acquisitions through Huobi Ventures.

Atlantic Bridge has launched the University Bridge Fund II, with University College Cork joining existing partners Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.

Eli Lilly has helped Sixty8 Capital hold a first close for its $20m fund, which the venture capital firm will use to back startups led by members of typically underrepresented communities.

The venture fund, focused on companies out of MIT, Harvard and Rochester, has collected more than $191m on its way to a $325m target.

Evotec has partnered Bristol-Myers Squibb to launch another Bridge programme, this time focusing on the universities of Birmingham, Dundee, Edinburgh and Nottingham.

Evotec has partnered Bristol-Myers Squibb to launch another Bridge programme, this time focusing on the universities of Birmingham, Dundee, Edinburgh and Nottingham.

Le Groupe Bel, AAK, Meiji, Bühler and Tyson Foods all contributed to the firm's debut fund, which is targeting plant-based food developers.

Venture firm Launchpad Capital has been founded by Ryan Gilbert after five years as a general partner for BBVA-backed Propel Venture Partners.

SAP and Publicis Sapient have selected seven participants for the Israel branch of the former's SAP Foundries initiative.

Juewei Food is providing nearly $100m for the Sichuan Chengdu Xinjin Siyiwu Investment vehicle while fellow snack food brand Qiaqia Food is supplying $9m.