Marissa Campise has moved from venture capital firm Venrock to Softbank Capital, where she will be tasked with boosting its mobile and connected device investments.
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YouTube co-founder Steve Chen joins Google Ventures
Chen has become the latest entrepreneur-in-residence at Google’s corporate venturing unit, where he will likely work on a media-related project.
Cognet leaves Belgacom for Foxconn partnership
Olivier Cognet has left telecom company Belgacom for Ginko Ventures, a new strategic VC that will invest in partnership with Foxconn.
Tech journalist Rao joins Google Ventures
The TechCrunch reporter is set to join the corporate venturing unit in order to pursue a project “creating something that has never been developed within a VC firm”.
La Ruffa moves from Susquehanna to Aquiline
La Ruffa, a co-founder of Susquehanna Growth Equity, will head up Aquiline’s fintech investments in his new role.
Augustin to energise E.ON’s Californian corporate venturing
Konrad Augustin is to move from Europe to Silicon Valley where he will oversee the energy company’s American venture capital investments.
Muth lays out PwC Europe CVC plan
Mark Muth spoke to Global Corporate Venturing about the corporate venture capital space and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ plans to include CVC advisement more fully in its services.
Google hires Wael Ghonim as entrepreneur-in-residence
Ghonim, a public figurehead for the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, will become one of Google’s three latest entrepreneurs-in-residence.
Google Ventures sizes up London for European base
The corporate venturing unit could set up its first office outside of the US by the end of this year, according to a press report.
Sodhani pushes returns for corporate venturing
Arvind Sodhani, president of corporate venture capital unit Intel Capital, stressed the importance of financial as well as strategic success in a keynote speech at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium.
Sood illustrates value of scale
Microsoft Ventures’ Rahul Sood told the audience at the fourth annual Global Corporate Venturing Symposium how the unit is helping startups to scale.
Cosano to wave flag for American Media
Jorge Cosano spoke to Global Corporate Venturing about his new role overseeing AMI’s corporate venturing, and how media and product will cross over in future.
Accelevate accelerates digital innovation with new team
Accelevate will seek to encourage digital healthcare innovation with a new team for venture capital and health market expertise.
Unit of the Year: Intel Capital
Intel Capital made an impressive 146 investments in 2013, 63 of which were new, totalling $333m, and 49% of the investments were made outside North America. Intel Capital also exited 33 companies in 2013, six of which through initial public offerings (IPOs) and 27 through mergers and acquisitions. The exits included V-cube, a Japan-based video… Continue reading Unit of the Year: Intel Capital