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GV names four new general partners
Brendan Bulik-Sullivan, Crystal Huang, Frédérique Dame and Issi Rozen have been promoted from partner positions at the early-stage Alphabet fund.
Magid leaving IBM Ventures
Deborah Magid will leave IBM at the end of this week as strategy role is eliminated at the computing company's CVC.
Chung and Kuchan leave Hyundai Cradle
Insiders are concerned about the future of the corporate investment unit after the two senior-level departures.
Mitani to leave KDDI after four years
KDDI Open Innovation Fund's director of investment, DK Mitani, will leave the firm next month for a new role based in Tokyo.
Wiszniewski joins Geschwister Oetker’s venture team
Sven Wiszniewski has worked in a variety of strategy and business development roles at German companies.
Karlsson to lead H&M Group Ventures
Former investment manager Erik Karlsson is succeeding Nanna Andersen after she was promoted to head of New Growth & Ventures at H&M Group.
Wayra Brasil and Vivo Ventures name new investment leads
Wana Schulze and Ivan Yoon will lead CVC investments at Telefónica’s seed and early-stage Brazilian subsidiaries.
Dowe departs from Debiopharm Innovation Fund
The chief executive officer of Debiopharm's corporate subsidiary will be replaced by its acting chief strategy officer, Marc Cikes in early June
Other News
Anauate heads innovation at Ambev
Thais Ricupero Anauate will lead investments in the evolving beverage sector at AB InBev’s Brazilian subsidiary.
Majmudar joins Ørsted investment arm
The former investment analyst at JetBlue Ventures is relocating from the US west coast to Copenhagen, Denmark, for his new role.
Saint-Gobain's Apelian to retire
Basma Kharrat will take over the advanced materials maker's corporate venture activities when VP of internal and external venturing Minas Apelian retires in September.
Lenke takes charge at Atlassian Ventures
Peter Lenke has succeeded Matt Sonefeldt as head of the enterprise software provider's corporate venture unit following more than six years running CVC and M&A activity at Twitter.
Braginskiy gets new position at Sabic Ventures
Stepan Braginskiy has been promoted to investment manager at Sabic’s strategic unit, having helped lead deals including ReVentas and BioWish.
Meta’s venture fund leader departs
Sunita Parasuraman's departure from Meta's New Product Experimentation Group follows mass layoffs at the corporate.
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GV names four new general partners
Brendan Bulik-Sullivan, Crystal Huang, Frédérique Dame and Issi Rozen have been promoted from partner positions at the early-stage Alphabet fund.
Wiszniewski joins Geschwister Oetker’s venture team
Sven Wiszniewski has worked in a variety of strategy and business development roles at German companies.
Karlsson to lead H&M Group Ventures
Former investment manager Erik Karlsson is succeeding Nanna Andersen after she was promoted to head of New Growth & Ventures at H&M Group.
Wayra Brasil and Vivo Ventures name new investment leads
Wana Schulze and Ivan Yoon will lead CVC investments at Telefónica’s seed and early-stage Brazilian subsidiaries.