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Gaule’s Question Time: Alex Steel, Syngenta Ventures
Andrew Gaule, founder of the Corven Corporate Venturing Network, talks to Alex Steel, head of corporate venture capital, Syngenta.
McManus sets up Capbridge
McManus will remain a consultant to Panasonic Venture Group for the next 18 months.
Eggberry takes helm at Wayra UK
New Wayra Academy Director. 9 start-ups get third party funding
Leftley turns right into Bloc
David Leftley had been nearly four years as head of venture capital Europe at Vodafone and been a board observer at portfolio companies Oxford BioSignals, TOT Power Control, Compliant Phones, Vasona Networks, CellEra and Affirmed Networks.
Google hires Hancock, Reseburg
Google Ventures has recruited Cyndi Reseburg and Graham Hancock to their marketing team.
Airbus creates CIO
Airbus, a France-based aircraft maker, has hired Yann Barbaux (pictured) to a new role of chief innovation officer (CIO). Barbaux will start at the beginning of May at Airbus after he founded and ran the wider group’s corporate research organization, EADS Innovation Works, at the company in 2006. As CIO, he will report directly to… Continue reading Airbus creates CIO
Young Turck joins FirstMark
Turck had founded Bloomberg Ventures in 2009 after founding TripleHop, a start-up he sold to database provider Oracle in 2005.
Sharer joins Foundation
Sharer has joined Foundation as a partner looking at deals in the connected health and healthcare information technology sectors.
Altman joins Healthymagination
His previous investments as a partner at CMEA from 2006 include Visiogen (acquired by Abbott in 2009), InSound Medical (acquired by Sonova in 2010), and VasoNova (acquired by Teleflex in 2011).
Gaule’s Question Time: David Atkinson, Circadia
Andrew Gaule, founder of the Corven Corporate Venturing Network, talks to David
Atkinson, managing partner of Circadia Ventures, fund manager for Tate & Lyle
Ventures.
Profile: ABB Technology Ventures
Girish Nadkarni, who leads Switzerland-based industrial company ABB’s corporate venturing unit, could arguably be mistaken for a journalist, if his recent intellectually inquisitive attendance at the International Business Forum’s Corporate Venturing and Innovation Partnering conference in Newport Beach, California, is representative. At least two executives commented that he had been the most vocal person in… Continue reading Profile: ABB Technology Ventures
Jain joins Intel Capital
After studying math at the University of Buffalo at age 11, Jain joined CMEA in 2008 and sitting on boards at Apriso, Baxano, Blekko, Foro, Intermolecular, Luminate, WorkingPoint and Zaarly.
Madsen heals himself with BDC
Madsen spent nearly six years as a managing director of Physic Ventures based in San Francisco, after two years in the same role at Unilever Technology Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of Unilever, where his deals had included Textronics, Halosource and Merrimack.