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Gaule’s Question Time: SAP Ventures
Gaule: Give a brief description of the purpose of your venture, when it was formed and how the process occurs in your organisation. Sievert: SAP long ago recognised the need to understand new market opportunities as well as disruptive trends in the market. SAP Ventures was founded by Hasso Plattner in 1997 to gain insights… Continue reading Gaule’s Question Time: SAP Ventures
Hansjee leaves Google for EQT
Hansjee was on the board of legacy European corporate venturing deals he made, such as Fon, Ubiquisys and DotMobi, but has left to join buyout firm EQT as a senior adviser.
Ando joins Whiz set
Ando has previously been chairman of the Investment Trusts Association, Japan, and before that had the same role at the Japan Securities Dealers Association.
Wells Fargo boosts debt team
Rob Fernandez will lead the Wells Fargo team of six in San Jose, California, while peer SVB will start its UK bank in January and plans others in India and China.
Anaphore hires Grayson as boss
Paul Grayson was previously chief executive of Fate Therapeutics, managing director of venture capital firm Sanderling Ventures and founding executive chairman of Senomyx.
CMEA examines funding options
CMEA reportedly said its $400m, 2008-vintage fund might be last in its current format after hiring CFO.
TetraLogic hires CFO
From 2006 to 2010, Lloyd Jones was vice-president of finance at TransMolecular having spent the previous decade as a senior director of corporate development at Genzyme.
D’Abbadie leaves Inventages
Before Inventages, D’Abbadie worked at Technikos, a UK-based medical device venture capital firm, and has joined Spark Impact.
Patel spies advantage in venture
Patel had been made managing partner of Best Buy Capital in late 2008 before becoming president of the company’s Asia operations last year and has joined venture capital firm VantagePoint Capital Partners.
Pulmatrix hits Jack pot
Eva Jack’s move comes after the transition of the US-based team’s other managing directors, Maggie LeFlore and Frank Top, to become venture partners.
MP Healthcare promotes Mukohira
Mukohira was previously vice-president of MP Healthcare Venture Management, which he started in 2006 as the corporate venturing group of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (MTP) and Mitsubishi Chemical.
Sun Catalytix hires Decelle
Decelle was previously chief executive of Lumenz, a US-based light-emitting diode technology company, and three earlier start-ups in the photonics industry: NoblePeak Vision, Apogee Photonics and ASIP.
Gaule’s Question Time: Unilever
In this double interview, Gaule’s Question Time looks at two aspects of innovation and corporate venturing at Anglo-Dutch-listed consumer goods company Unilever.