The Singapore-based mobile education group which is going through an incubator programme backed by SingTel Innov8, reportedly wins another incubation investment.

Corporates including health companies Aetna and UnitedHealth Group have clubbed together with venture capital firms and a fund chaired by US private equity veteran Henry Kravis, to invest in healthcare technology start-ups in the region.

The New York Times' corporate venturing unit unveils its first product, after the media group decided to start the venture arm based on its experience running a research and development lab.

CyberAgent Ventures-backed Forkwell, a Japan-based jobs website for software engineers, raises more funds from Nippon Venture Capital.

Pinel Advocates' corporate venturing unit is off to a quick start in investing after launching in March.

The incubator previously backed by Sandbox Industries and imaging company Merge Healthcare follows up a programme in Chicago with one in the Boston and Cambridge area.

Arizona Board of Regents already has a small interest in these companies through the licensing arrangement to the start-up but ASU does not take additional interest through the company's participation in the programme, the university said by email.

Astellas will transfer ownership of ASP3291, a potential treatment of ulcerative colitis in phase IIa study, from its pipeline to Telsar Pharma, a virtual company that will be operated by the Drais executive team.

Online sales database Salesforce, corporate venturing unit Intel Capital, and China-based media group Tencent were reportedly among Ark's $4.2m round.

Google's corporate venturing unit backs stealth start-up Wander, joining NextView Ventures, SoftTechVC and others backing the company.