Former India head of BlueRun Ventures sets up Kae Capital.
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NetQin Mobile plans IPO
China-based security company NetQin Mobile plans to raise $100m in its New York flotation, according to its regulatory filing.
Clydesdale starts venture debt lending
Graeme Sands, director of corporate and structured finance at Clydesdale, is leading the new unit, which is expected to hire people to expand the franchise outside of Scotland after receiving board approval.
SR One shakes up team
GlaxoSmithKline’s corporate venturing team continues active deal rate with movement in its personnel.
Cleland to join Comcast
Andrew Cleland has worked at Time Warner for nearly a decade, five years of which has been in corporate venturing, and is now opening Comcast Interactive Capital’s Manhattan office.
Lee joins Lightbank from Playboy
As a partner at Lightbank, Paul Lee will work with co-founders Eric Lefkovsky and Brad Keywell, the co-founders of consumer coupon company Groupon.
BlackRock and NTR power up
Jim Barry, chief executive of NTR, will be chief investment officer on the $110bn BlackRock Alternative Investors platform’s new renewable power investment team.
Marcel Lubben adds DSM role
Lubben had been the former head of DSM Licensing since January 2009 and now manages its Ventures unit.
Innovation Talent Insights: Phil McKinney
In the first of a series of interviews of senior executives, Kyung Yoon, chief executive of Talent Age Associates, a global talent management firm speaks to Phil McKinney, vice-president and chief technology offcer of the Personal Systems Group at Hewlett-Packard.
Gaule’s Question Time: Cody Gate Ventures
As part of a series of interviews with leading venture investors and developers, Andrew Gaule, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venture Senior Executive Forum, talks to Stephen Lake, managing partner of Cody Gate Ventures.
Thakker joins Intel Capital
Dharmesh Thakker deals at his previous company, Advanced Technology Ventures, included taking board seats at portfolio companies Qumu,? Nuventix and? Calisolar.
Steen steps up to chief executive at Parallels
Serguei Beloussov, Parallels founder and former chief executive, will remain as executive chairman after Birger Steen’s promotion.
CAS sets up Jiahe Venture Capital Fund
Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Jiahe Venture Capital Fund in north-eastern China’s first industrial technology centre in Harbin.
J&J and Merck join incubator
Johnson & Johnson and Merck will staff the Greenhouse headquarters with one business development employee each, spokesmen told news provider Pittsburgh Tribune Review.