Carsten Coesfeld will run the media group's corporate venture capital activities as CEO of Bertelsmann Investments from the start of June.

Jodi Olson has reportedly left Alphabet’s early-stage investment arm, where she had been a communications and marketing partner for roughly a decade.

Q&A with Meryem Aydin, senior investment analyst, Amadeus Ventures

Ted Yamamoto has been named general partner of Waseda University Ventures, having already served as adviser to Waseda’s Office of the President since last summer.

Christine Martin has officially taken over as head of Cambridge Enterprise Seed Funds, having already been in charge in an interim capacity.

Brian Coblitz is the new executive director of George Washington University’s Technology Commercialization Office.

Amit Chaturvedy is now managing partner at Schneider Electric’s open innovation and investment unit, which was previously led by founder and former CEO Heri Diarte.

Allied Minds chairman Harry Rein is giving in to pressure from Crystal Amber and announced he will not stand for re-election.

Anne Di Sante is taking over permanently as executive director of MSU Technologies following the departure of her former boss Richard Chylla.

Parag Chitnis has been hired as University of Wyoming’s vice-president for research and economic development, joining from the US Department of Agriculture.