Wesley Chan, a general partner at Google Ventures until early 2014, has joined venture capital firm Felicis Ventures.
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Rose plants himself outside Google Ventures
Kevin Rose, formerly a managing partner at Google Ventures, has left the unit to focus on his startup, North Technologies, which has just raised $5m.
Eli Lilly promotes Darren Carroll
Carroll has been promoted from his position as vice president at Lilly Ventures to senior vice president.
Formation 8 brings Lior Susan on board
Susan has left his position in Flextronics’ corporate venturing unit to help lead the venture capital firm’s hardware investment activities.
Clark retires from Fidelity
Simon Clark, who has also served as chairman of the BVCA, has left Fidelity’s European venture capital unit after 15 years as managing partner.
DiResta finds Haven from O’Reilly
Renee DiResta has left corporate venturing unit O’Reilly Alphatech to take up a position at startup Haven, and will continue to invest as an angel investor.
American Express ventures to Silicon Valley
Financial services provider American Express has moved its corporate venturing unit to Silicon Valley.
The VC interview: Brad Feld, Foundry Group
Brad Feld, a managing director of venture capital firm Foundry Group, talks to Global Corporate Venturing about his thoughts on corporate venturing, the cycle, how entrepreneurs should interact with corporates, and accelerators.
Hebbelynck takes over corporate venturing at Proximus
Proximus has promoted Vincent Hebbelynck, who has worked for the telecommunications company since 2000, to oversee its incubation and venture capital activities.
Riggs to be Aramco’s new lethal weapon
Richard Riggs has moved from BASF Venture Capital to take up a role at Saudi Aramco’s corporate venturing unit.
Ananthasubramaniam leaves DTE Energy Ventures
‘Ananth’ Ananthasubramaniam has departed from energy company DTE’s corporate venturing subsidiary to launch AerLinX, a startup still operating in stealth.
Kelly, BioPacific: The innovation gold rush
How to be truly global in the search for your next nugget – Andrew Kelly, executive director, BioPacific Partners.
Interview: Rahul Sood
The former general manager of Microsoft Ventures left the unit last week to launch a gaming start-up, Unikrn, and has already received corporate funding interest.
Intel Capital backs 13 year old in deal spree
The corporate venturing unit of the semiconductor business backed Braigo, a low-cost braille printer for blind people company, as Intel Capital revealed it had backed 16 companies in deals worth $62m.