Anja Harmeier has taken over from her previous boss to head the pharma group’s CVC.

The new $96m fund means the Japanese mobile phone operator now committed more than $350m to startup investments.

The newly independent CVC will focus on AI, machine learning and other deep tech.

Ryan Piela was part of the founding team that helped launch New Incubation Ventures.

Keita Nakanishi has spent more than 25 years in engineering roles at the corporate in Japan.

Ryoya Shimada was based at Sony Innovation Fund in Tokyo, Japan.

Ro Gupta replaces George Kellerman, who founded Woven Capital in 2021.

Joshua Lloyd-Lyons, former VP at Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, will head corporate development and M&A at portfolio company 73 Strings.

The Unicorn Growth Fund will target leading technology companies across Asia, with India as the focal point of its investment strategy.

Marc Martin Casas, former head of Illumina Ventures Labs, has moved to the US branch of growth equity firm Premji Invest.