The Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund will invest in early to mid-stage startups in Japan and across the globe.

SoftBank Ventures Asia has changed its name to SBVA after closing its $150m 2023 Alpha Korea Fund.

The Biomedical Fund will invest in Indonesian health tech and biotech startups.

Equirus InnovateX Fund will invest in software, deeptech and fintech companies at seed stage, providing between $500,000 and $1m per deal.

The new fund called Myriad Venture Partners has received backing from IT corporation Xerox, which will be an anchor investor for the fund.

YF Strategic Insights will be managed by the company’s parent firm, YF Networks Group, joining sister unit PcComponentes Startup Booster.

The Japanese department store chain owner has partnered with Ignition Point, which already manages the corporate’s JFR Mirai Creators Fund.

Biotech venture capital is shrinking from boomtime highs, but Sakae Asanuma, CEO of Taiho Ventures, says now is a good time to find new novel treatments to back.

Oil and gas conglomerate Aramco Oil Company has injected an extra $4bn into Aramco Ventures to further push development in disruptive technologies.

Japanese pharma firm Taiho has added $100m to its US-based CVC subsidiary, which has a team of five people.