The small German academic institution generates an outsize number of unicorns.

The insurance and financial services group will offer its pension investors access to startups through the fund, which will target areas including health and fintech.

Four months after serving a custodial sentence for money laundering offences, Changpeng Zhao has turned Binance Labs into a family office.

The fund will be managed by the US venture capital firm's healthcare team.

Uncertainty in the insurance sector is growing as climate change exacerbates natural disasters. But insurance companies appear to be slowing investment in new technologies that could help.

The US financial services company has launched Edward Jones Ventures, focusing on fintech startups to advance its wealth management offerings.

After four years running the US retail giant's investment arm, Balasubramaniam has left to become McAfee's head of corporate development.

LY Corporation, the company formed when Yahoo Japan merged with Line, will explore deep tech with CVC subsidiary Z Venture Capital's second fund.

ISA partnered with Wayra and Telefónica Movistar and launched Inndigo, which intends to invest $130m in energy transition startups by 2030.

With the launch of its new fund, the Japanese insurer's corporate venturing unit has assets under management of $400m, up tenfold since its first fund.