GCV has established corporate venturing veteran Lee Sessions as its first ever executive-in-residence to support corporate VC and innovation.

Venture capital fund Big Idea Ventures has hired former GCV Rising Star and Tyson Ventures CFO Tom Mastrobuoni as a venture partner.

CWRU's Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship has appointed Michael Goldberg as its inaugural executive director.

Michael McFadgen, formerly managing director at Nex Opportunities, has taken a partner position at Element Ventures, which is raising a $130m for its first fund.

Startup investor and former American Football star Richard Sherman has been brought on board by Cisco-sponsored venture fund Decibel to help founders develop their teams.

OSI's chief executive Charles Conn stepped down from the fund last November after only eight months, leaving CFO Jim Wilkinson in the post on an interim basis.

Kairós Digital Solutions has hired Pedro Trucharte, who helped set up MásVentures for MásMóvil, to establish its corporate venturing vehicle, Kairós Ventures.

MDI Ventures’ acting chief executive, Setyanto Hantoro, has shifted to managing director of another Telkom Indonesia subsidiary, Telkomsel.

Honeywell has appointed a new director of ventures, John Wong, who has experience in corporate development and strategy with an IoT and wireless technology focus at InterDigital, GE and SoftBank.

Ian Postlethwaite will exit as CEO of NetScientific this July as the embattled commercialisation firm continues to patch up its balance sheet.