NFA has hired Matthew Williams, formerly director of market structure and strategic investments at CME Ventures, in a managing director role.

David Thévenon, who led some of the biggest investments from SoftBank and its Vision Fund over the past five years, has left for Balderton Capital.

Oxford Sciences Innovation has bid farewell to chairman Patrick Pichette, just a few months after also losing CEO Charles Conn.

Wade Lange is Purdue Research Foundation's new vice-president and chief entrepreneurial officer, having previously served as Purdue Foundry's entrepreneur-in-residence.

Startup investor and professional basketball player Andre Iguodala has joined Comcast Ventures as a venture partner at its diversity-focused Catalyst Fund.

TUM’s tech transfer office will begin training 12 impact-focused startups from June 2020 in an accelerator allied to BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt.

The private equity firm has hired GCV Powerlist mainstay Rob Salvagno, who had previously headed Cisco Investments, to co-lead its tech growth equity efforts.

Vineeta Agarwala has been confirmed as one of the general partners running the firm's $750m Bio Fund III following nearly five years at corporate venturing unit GV.

Aldi Adrian Hartanto has been appointed vice-president of investments to help pivot the unit's focus to a multi-fund strategy that incorporates external LPs.

Michael Ronen, a US-based managing partner at SoftBank Vision Fund, is set to leave according to a report stating it is yet to raise external money for Vision Fund II.