Former BMW i Ventures partner Greg Smithies is leading a venture firm Fifth Wall's Climate Tech fund, which has a reported $200m target for its close.

Q&A with Robert Guenther, head of corporate venturing, Henkel Tech Ventures

Prior to founding venture firm PruVen in the summer, Ramneek Gupta had co-founded the venture investing efforts at financial services firm Citi. 

Venture firm Target Global has hired Christian Noske, previously head of corporate venturing partnership Alliance Ventures, as its latest partner.

European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, which has hired Solvay Ventures alumnus Stéphane Roussel as a venture partner made a first close in October.

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund investment director will head health impact investment partnership Making More Health.

Q&A with Irene Gómez, director, Telefónica Connected Open Innovation

Shriram Bhashyam has exited his entrepreneur-in-residence role at Citi Ventures for a senior-vice president position at commodities and securities brokerage Forge Global.

Clinical professor Matthew Lynall has been appointed director of Purdue’s Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship.

Jon Balousek is heading up the garden and pet supplies retailer's newly formed Central Ventures subsidiary.