Former BMW i Ventures partner Greg Smithies is leading a venture firm Fifth Wall's Climate Tech fund, which has a reported $200m target for its close.

Canadian Solar has helped the venture capital firm push its total fundraising past the $300m mark with the first close of its two newest funds.

Access Ventures' second Asia-focused venture capital fund added Line Ventures and Manahusa Capital to an LP list already containing F&F and Nodo.

Prior to founding venture firm PruVen in the summer, Ramneek Gupta had co-founded the venture investing efforts at financial services firm Citi. 

Venture firm Target Global has hired Christian Noske, previously head of corporate venturing partnership Alliance Ventures, as its latest partner.

European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, which has hired Solvay Ventures alumnus Stéphane Roussel as a venture partner made a first close in October.

Totalizator Sportowy set up the $26.8m fund with the support of state-backed fund of funds PFR Ventures and the National Centre for Research and Development

The Capitec Bank-backed venture firm has formed an early-stage initiative for fintech developers that combine monetisation with social impact.

Ilya Gelfenbeyn has formed a new venture capital firm having left his role as head of corporate venturing vehicle Google Assistant Investments.

Julie Kainz has departed from Salesforce Ventures and joined venture capital firm Dawn Capital as a vice-president.