Genomics company Illumina Inc., which has used venture investments and acquisitions to help fuel its growth, is ramping up its venture activity by committing to invest $100 million over 10 years through a new venture fund.

In spite of the dim financial outlook of grocery chain Fairway Group Holdings Corp., its private equity backer Sterling Investment Partners may come out just fine with its investment.

When Yale University's endowment reported this month that its venture capital portfolio earned returns of 92.7% per annum over the last two decades, skeptical readers declared that headline-grabbing number too good to be true.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec said Andreas Beroutsos has decided to step down as executive vice-president of private equity and infrastructure.

The Mitsubishi group's presence is so pervasive in Japan that it is taking a leading role in nurturing startups-a task more often left in the U.S. to Silicon Valley rather than traditional conglomerates.