Jeff Lipton has joined the MUFG team in New York as managing director of its corporate advisory group.
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Martlet: corporate angel makes some noise
Peter Cowley, founder of corporate venturing unit Martlet, won the Angel Investor of the Year award at the beginning of this month from UK trade body the UK Business Angels Association. The award will mean Cowley will be a figurehead for the promotion of angel investing in the UK.
Devonshire to advise UK government
Simon Devonshire, who heads Telefonica accelerator Wayra, will advise the UK government on business growth.
Blum makes Active choice
Sebastian Blum, previously the managing director of Deutsche Telekom’s US-based corporate venturing unit for four years, has joined European venture firm Active Partners.
Zhu leaves DTE Energy for Connecticut Innovations
Mark Zhu has left the corporate venturing unit of energy company DTE, where he was an investment manager, for state-backed Connecticut Innovations.
Tango starts up $25m Games Fund
The mobile messaging service will target game developers as part of a corporate strategy to expand its game publishing business.
Weinberg heads to SGE
Susquehanna Growth Equity has appointed Ben Weinberg, formerly a principal at Element Partners, as its newest director.
Symposium: Arvind Sodhani fireside chat
Arvind Sodhani, head of Intel Capital, talked to Toby Lewis, editor of Global Corporate Venturing, at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in May.
Davidson leaves KBS+ Ventures
Taylor Davidson has resigned from his position at corporate venturing unit KBS+ Ventures to “focus on projects that matter”.
Cehoval to direct Intel Capital’s Russian investments
Kirill Cehoval has left Altera Capital to take up a position as investment director for Russia and CIS for the corporate venturing unit.
Google’s London team reportedly starts to take shape
The internet company is set to open a European base in London, and sources claim it has already hired most of its initial team.
James leaves Google for Bessemer
Bessemer Venture Partners has named ex-Google product manager Sunil James as one of its two new vice presidents.
Fielding leaves BBC to join Techstars
Jenny Fielding has left BBC, where she headed up its digital ventures activities, to oversee Techstars’ R/GA-backed connected devices accelerator.
McConomy fires her way into RocketSpace
McConomy, who formerly worked at Mindjet and PricewaterhouseCoopers, will work in the technology campus’ corporate innovation programme.