Kiersten Stead has joined agribusiness Monsanto’s corporate venturing unit as a partner.
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Former Fab.com executive joins board of Indian fashion brand
American Swann has welcomed Maria Molland to its board of directors as it seeks to expand beyond its Indian base.
Mozilla gains Beard, investments to possibly grow next
Chris Beard has left venture capital firm Greylock Partners to take the reins as Mozilla CEO, leading to speculation the company could heighten its corporate venturing.
Darwin takes evolution from Salesforce to DFJ
Eric Darwin, who oversaw Salesforce’s corporate venturing investments for four years, has left to join DFJ Growth.
Microsoft promotes its Indian director to global role
Mukund Mohan will move from a senior role in computing company Microsoft’s Indian corporate venturing activities to oversee its US and China-based investments.
Susquehanna Growth Equity appoints Jeffrey Moss as director
The latest director of SGE joins after serving in both educational assessment and private equity.
Fund in the news: Randstad
Randstad Innovation Fund, the corporate venturing unit recently announced by Netherlands-based work and human resources company Randstad, is planning to invest about €10m in startups in 2014 and aims to participate chiefly as a strategic investor, according to Ilonka Jankovich, who is co-managing the fund. “We will be doing at least around €10m ($13.7m) this… Continue reading Fund in the news: Randstad
Renard to head up corporate venturing at SanDisk
The data storage provider has appointed Aymerik Renard, formerly of PCH International and Innovacom, to oversee its enterprise investment.
Former Intel Capital director John Mascarenas joins Toshiba
Mascarenas, who was at Intel Capital for 15 years, will supervise strategic investments at Toshiba Americas.
Samsung’s Jeon on US move
Four years after establishing the European branch of electronics producer Samsung’s corporate venturing arm, Michael Jeon will be moving to the US to oversee its mobile and digital investments.
Saxena to power cognitive computing startups
Manoj Saxena, who helped build IBM’s Watson computer, is joining venture capital firm The Entrepreneur’s Fund to invest in cognitive computing startups.
Miner questions telcos’ corporate venturing expectations
Rich Miner, Google Ventures general partner, was speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona alongside telco executives. Miner said that corporate venturing would only have an impact “if the organisation itself decides it wants to be disruptive to itself.”. In response, Edgar Hardless CEO of SingTel Innov8, the corporate venturing division of telecom company… Continue reading Miner questions telcos’ corporate venturing expectations
Van Dijk in frame as Naspers CEO
“In view of our strong development focus on ecommerce, the board believes that Bob has the skills to lead us into the next phase of our growth,” said Ton Vosloo, Naspers chair. Bekker will stand down from the Naspers board for a year, during which time he “intends to travel widely and research where the… Continue reading Van Dijk in frame as Naspers CEO
Bottorff joins GE Ventures
Leslie Bottorff joins GE Ventures as managing director focused on healtchare companies.