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Australian health insurer HBF launches VC investment arm
The new corporate venture fund will be led by Sanjeev Gupta, chief information and transformation officer at HBF Health.
Feb 10, 2026University of Pennsylvania launches $50m fund with pharma group BioNTech
The US Ivy League institution has had some recent successful exits of life science spinouts.
Jan 12, 2026More than 50 corporate investment funds created in 2025
Many of the new CVC units were launched by Asian corporates in Japan, China and Korea.
Dec 25, 2025University of Pennsylvania launches $10m seed fund
The US academic institution is one of a growing number of universities in the country to set up funds to finance companies based on academic research.
Dec 16, 2025$28m fund launches to back Indian Institute of Technology Bombay spinouts
The Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, an incubator for IIT Bombay, formed the fund to fill a gap in investment for early-stage deep tech.
Dec 10, 2025VC firm U2V launches $70m fund to back European university spinouts
The founders of University2Ventures previously headed the pre-seed fund that was part of European VC Earlybird.
Dec 10, 2025King's College London launches arts innovation fund
The new fund will support research that the university says drives solutions to complex societal and economic challenges.
Dec 5, 2025UK's Royal College of Art launches spinout investment fund
The fund, managed by an outside investment firm, has backed 10 companies so far.
Nov 20, 2025Other News
Real estate company Mitsui Fudosan launches two CVC funds to invest $130m
The Global Brain-managed funds will invest in startups in sectors ranging from construction and entertainment to space.
Oct 10, 2025Creator Fund launches first pan-European fund for PhD-led startups
The team expect to complete fundraising in early 2026.
Oct 3, 2025Toyota commits $1.5bn to investment in startups
Toyota has bumped up investments in venture capital with the launch of a new early-stage fund and a second fund for Woven Capital, its growth-stage investment arm.
Sep 30, 2025Standard Chartered VC's arm plans $250m digital asset fund
The UK investment bank was an early adopter and investor in cryptocurrency technologies.
Sep 23, 2025European venture builder targets corporates to join $18m startup creation fund
The Whataventure Fund will build companies that corporates can gain strategic insight from and also invest in at later stages.
Sep 18, 2025Japanese lender Credit Saison's VC launches digital asset tech fund
Amid rising bullishness on stablecoins and other forms of digital asset, Credit Saison's CVC has launched a $50m fund to invest in DeFi tech.
Sep 15, 2025Editor's Picks
Corporate AI funds: The list
Wondering which corporate venturers have specialist investment funds for artificial intelligence? Here is the list of traditional funds and new units, offshoots and accelerators.
Oct 29, 2024Indian ecosystem gets increased venture commitments from Zerodha and Krafton
The corporates both committed further nine-figure sums to back startups in the rapidly growing Indian venture market.
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