The female entrepreneur-focused social impact firm, which mainly invests at series A and B stage, secured university endowments as LPs for its second fund.

Eisai, Japan Asia Group, Sansan and YJ Capital are among the backers that have chipped into a fund for newly formed venture firm One Capital with a $46.4m target.

BP is set to invest $70m for the renewables-focused fund, which is managed by a joint venture of its Lightsource BP subsidiary and which has a target size of $700m.

UCHealth and Children’s Hospital Colorado are among the limited partners for the University of Colorado-affiliated healthcare technology fund.

ACVC Partners and Motus Ventures have received commitments from the car components manufacturer that jointly total $20m.

Venture firm Mindset Partners has hired Jules Miller, an IBM veteran who headed up a blockchain-focused accelerator.

Innoport, PSA Unboxed and KSL Maritime Ventures are among the partners in a government-backed scheme to boost maritime technology in Singapore.

The venture firm, which is partners with Boston Consulting Group, said it now has in excess of $1.4bn of assets under management.

The banking firm joined Future Venture Capital for a $2.8m joint investment venture to back startups based in Japan’s Oita prefecture.

CAA and New Enterprise Associates have reportedly provided an initial $100m for Connect Ventures that could be upscaled to $400m.