Mitsubishi Chemical, Shin-Etsu, Sekisui, Tosoh, Henkel, JSR, PTT GLobal, Adidas, CorrsTek, Severstal and Doosan all contributed to Pangaea Ventures' latest fund.

MRCF has reached the first close of a CSL-backed fifth fund to make early-stage investments in medical technologies in Australia and New Zealand.

Cisco Investments is among the limited partners in the Southeast Asian VC firm's third fund, which is reportedly seeking a $220m final close.

Genentech, University of Cambridge and Babraham Bioscience Technologies have backed accelerator Start Codon, which plans to work with some 50 life sciences startups.

BASF Ventures is among the LPs for the second fund to be formed by the agriculture-focused venture capital firm, whose first fund was anchored by Godrej Agrovet.

Corteva Agriscience, ADM, Elanco, Ecolab, Griffith Foods, RD Offutt, Growmark, Koch Ag & Energy, Smithfield Foods and Sumitomo Chemical America all backed the VC firm's latest fund.

Blockchain-focused venture firm Proof of Capital has raised $50m for its first fund, which is anchored by strategic partner HTC.

China-based Longwater Investment’s advanced materials-focused fund has received a limited partner commitment from the chemicals producer's corporate venture capital unit.

Elliott Robinson, who was one of GCV’s 2019 Rising Stars, has resigned from his partner role at M12 to assume a growth equity investor position at Bessemer Venture Partners.

SEB has formed a venture capital vehicle, Fairpoint Capital, to invest in B2B-focused startups out of a $97m fund with ex-SEB Venture Capital president Frederick Johansson as its head.