Coca-Cola Amatil has partnered Artesian Venture Partners to form a multimillion-dollar investment fund that will target early-stage companies.

Corporate backers Kakao Games and E&M are among the limited partners for newly launched esports-focused private equity fund ATU Partners.

Guerbet, Caisse Centrale de Réassurances, L’Occitane and Sopra Steria were among the backers for the life sciences-focused venture firm's BioMedTech fund.

Rev1 Catalyst Fund II will fund startups generated through research by Nationwide Children’s Hospital, which has also backed the vehicle.

Prolific company builder Nathalie Gaveau has joined the US-based professional services firm’s corporate innovation and incubation division as a managing director and partner.

Indonesia-based CyberAgent Capital executive director Steven Vanada has departed from the unit after more than eight years for a managing partner role at investment firm Kinesys Group.

Managing director Evan Norton has stepped down from Abbott Ventures after leading the unit’s investment initiatives for nearly a decade, moving to Accelmed.

Guangxi Royal Dairy committed nearly half the capital for the venture firm's latest fund, which has closed at $86.7m.

Bloomberg Beta is one of more than 100 contributors to the oversubcribed inaugural fund raised by diversity-focused venture firm Operator Collective.

Honda and corporate venturing units HP Tech Ventures and ZX Ventures all chipped in for a fund that almost doubled the size of its last vehicle.