After five years focusing on life sciences investments for GV, Vineeta Agarwala has taken a general partner role at Andreessen Horowitz.

Darren Carroll has emerged from a short sabbatical following 22 years in corporate venturing for Eli Lilly by joining Polaris Partners.

GCV Powerlist mainstay Reese Schroeder has joined Allstate Strategic Ventures as an investor after nearly three years at Tyson Ventures and over a decade at Motorola Solutions Venture Capital.

Michael Brandkamp has departed from its managing director role at corporate-backed fund HTGF to become a general partner European Circular Bioeconomy Fund.

Toyoya has hired Hiroshi Saijou, who used to run Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley, as a VP for its Toyota Research Institute division.

Victor Pascucci, who counts USAA and Munich Re among his corporate venturing stops, has put together an energy-focused VC firm called Energy Capital Ventures.

Syngenta Ventures has hired Mark Brooks, who worked on the AICPA/CIMA startup accelerator, as it seeks to replenish its team.

Ken Asada will join Salesforce Ventures after the holiday period, having spent less than a year at NTT Docomo Ventures following his time at Intel Capital.

Prolific company builder Nathalie Gaveau has joined the US-based professional services firm’s corporate innovation and incubation division as a managing director and partner.

Indonesia-based CyberAgent Capital executive director Steven Vanada has departed from the unit after more than eight years for a managing partner role at investment firm Kinesys Group.