Erik Nordlander, has become a partner of engineering at Google Ventures in New York City after working at the firm leading the team that built Google’s display advertising serving system and helping the company’s acquisition and technical integration of Doubleclick.
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Banse takes top venturing role at Comcast
Peacock fund’s merger with Comcast Interactive Capital will see Amy Banse take top role.
Gaikai hires Nanea Reeves
Nanea Reeves joins US-based games developer Gaikai from peer Electronic Arts.
Motorola fires into BlackArrow deal
Motorola Ventures splits team to invest an undisclosed amount on behalf of Motorola Mobility in BlackArrow, a US-based provider of video advertising.
Ghaffari lands on Vulcan job
Fund manager Paul Ghaffari joins Vulcan Capital as chief investment officer.
T-Venture’s Blum joins Cooliris
T-Venture, which invests on behalf of Germany’s national phone operator Deutsche Telekom, invested in Cooliris in July last year and has now seen Sebastian Blum, one of its managing directors, move across.
BlackBerry fund managers merge
The merger of Canada-based venture capital firms RBC Venture Partners and JLA Ventures to form ATP Capital Management will streamline the management of the $150m BlackBerry Partners Fund.
Intel hires Herron and backs three more deals
Christine Herron joins Intel Capital as a director in its consumer internet team as firm separately backs three more Middle Eastern companies.
Top 10 venture capital fund managers
Examination of the personal biographies of the founders of the 10 most successful venture capital firms.
Rosenzweig collects Business for Peace prize
Oslo Business for Peace Award goes to William Rosenzweig, co-founder and a managing director of corporate venturing firm Physic Ventures.
Pixazza digs deep for Edwards hire
Chas Edwards leaves social news discovery service Digg for Google Ventures-backed Pixazza.
Corus Entertainment ‘looks’ to start venturing
Canada-based news provider Financial Post said Corus Entertainment was “looking for a new executive to run an internal fund that will direct invest in digital media companies”.
Ligocki joins Next car company
Kathleen Ligocki, previous head of Tower, GS and Ford, has taken the top job at Next Autoworks.
Omnivore Capital grazes on latest hire
Jinesh Shah joins Godrej’s Omnivore Capital corporate venturing fund.