Vishal Gupta, formerly a director at the SoftBank division that oversees its Vision Funds, has joined TA Associates in a similar role.

Q&A with Lukasz Garbowski, investment director, Btomorrow Ventures

Massachusetts Mutual Life's venture capital arm has formed a fourth fund, which will concentrate on European and Asia-Pacific investments.

Sophie Dingreville, formerly of Munich Re Ventures, has been appointed chief investment officer of BP's digital technology accelerator.

Alison Campbell has been appointed CEO of the UK Government Office for Tech Transfer after eight years with Knowledge Transfer Ireland.

GCV Rising Star and former principal at Gree Ventures Albert Shyy has left his MD position at Burda Principal Investments for a similar role at investment group Eurazeo.

Q&A with Bonnie Chau, portfolio manager, BCF Ventures

GCV Rising Stars Will Geiger and Brett Kadesh have taken up director positions at the CVC management services firm while Maddi Holman and Kathy Quigley have been appointed associates.

The corporate's specialty product offshoot will house investment vehicle Solvay Ventures, Matt Jones and Coppelia Marincovic told Global Corporate Venturing.

SoftBank is set to promote the Latin America fund’s third managing partner