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$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, 2025Real 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, 2025Other News
European 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, 2025Monex Group launches new $20m fund to back African startups
Monex Ventures and Uncovered fund are investing tens of millions into the African tech startup ecosystem.
Aug 20, 2025Danish university Aarhus backs $94m ventures fund
Two large Danish corporates and a family office are also investors in the fund.
Aug 13, 2025Medical University of South Carolina launches funds to back health spinouts
Totalling $30m, the funds will finance healthcare ventures spinning out of the academic medical care system.
Aug 8, 2025Japanese mobile gaming firm Gree launches $30m fund of funds
This is the second fund of funds for Gree Ventures.
Aug 6, 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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