All About, Bespoke, Cross Marketing, CyberBuzz, Fan Communications, Giftee, MyNet, PR Times, Septeni, Toyota Tsusho, United, Vega and Voyage are among the LPs in Samurai Incubate’s $18.6m fund.

GS Group’s GS Futures and GS Energy subsidiaries are both cornerstone investors for the energy technology-focused venture firm’s maiden fund, which is on its way to a $75m ceiling.

Taiho has reupped its commitment to the venture firm’s second fund, which is also backed by EA Pharma and Senju and which has closed at $95m.

Consumer electronics producer Xiaomi has announced it intends to launch a new innovation research fund based at Tsinghua University.

Misr Insurance Group has backed a final close of about $70m for the Egyptian venture firm's latest fund.

Algebra Ventures is seeking a $90m final close for a fund that has reportedly secured Cisco as a limited partner.

The venture firm’s TheSeedCapital2 vehicle has reached a $5.5m close having secured commitments from LPs including Daiko Advertising and Giftee as it targets $13.7m.

Time Publishing and Media has invested in Qingsong Fund’s latest renminbi-denominated fund, which has now closed.

Each week the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

MailChimp and Cox Enterprises are among the limited partners that helped venture firm Overline secure $27.4m for the vehicle.