Shioyama was a principal at Mitsui Fudosan's CVC arm for five years.

Wang is taking time out of her job before taking on a new role.

Bosch has returned to anchor the $206m second fund for its Chinese corporate VC arm, following a $155m debut fund three years ago.

Avital will be responsible for building strategic partnerships between startups and Oracle .

The investment fund will mostly back founders from the US university.

Amazon has increased the size of its Smbhav Venture Fund to $350m and will invest in companies digitising the production of goods.

The Japanese shipping giant has opened a CVC office in India as the country increasingly becomes a strategic target for shipping companies.

The move follows various roles in investment, business development and innovation.

The need to decarbonise the shipping industry is urgent, but with clean fuels a long way off, CVCs are picking different strategies.

Another big tech AI investment has skewed the month's total, but underneath lies strong dealmaking in industrial startups and growth in Japan.