Richard Chylla will start as executive director of University of Virginia’s Licensing and Ventures Group next week after more than a decade at Michigan State University.

Rachel Weiss has spent almost 15 years at L’Oreal and said she would be an early-stage investor at its Bold Ventures subsidiary.

EDF Pulse Ventures investment manager Loic Raynal is taking a short-term additional position at private equity firm Eurazeo.

Yamaha Motor Ventures and Laboratory Silicon Valley has promoted Anish Patel from partner to chief operating officer and managing director.

The cryptocurrency exchange is leaning futher into venture investments, expanding its fund to $500m and hiring a new partner.

Rafael Torres had spent 14 years leading the healthcare investing teams at GE Equity and GE Ventures up to 2015.

Corporate venturing in China has bounced back and helped the country reach record investment activity in 2021.

Amy Wu joined the newly formed FTX Ventures from Lightspeed Venture Partners, where she had overseen the firm's investment in FTX as a partner.

SoftBank has provided $146m for Qraft and plans to collaborate with it on development of an smart portfolio management product.

GCV Emerging Leader William Zhao and Rising Star Will Wang have ascended to partner positions at BAI while legal and corporate communications director Christine Sun has been appointed COO.