Kévin Monserrat spoke to Global Corporate Venturing about how his experience as venture capital relations and dealflow manager at Microsoft for Startups helped him with his new enterprise, Consilience Ventures.

University of Cambridge-allied accelerator Start Codon has appointed Daniel Rooke and Sakura Holloway to its team, as it prepares to select the first five projects for its initial cohort.

The US-based venture capital firm has hired GV’s former partner and entrepreneur-in-residence, Anish Acharya, to oversee fintech investments.

UC Berkeley has chosen professor of finance Richard Lyons for the newly-created position of chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer.

G. Don Taylor has been named interim vice-president for research and innovation following Theresa Mayer’s departure to Purdue University.

Managing partner Tak Sato talks about insurer MS&AD’s corporate venturing unit located in Silicon Valley.

Susan Searle, chairwoman of Mercia Technologies and a GUV Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, has stepped down to be replaced by Ian Metcalfe.

Fredrik Järrsten has been named deputy chief executive in addition to his duties as chief financial officer, a position he has held since late 2017.

Carrie Thome, the chief investment officer of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, has left the tech transfer organisation after 18 years.

Ladi Greenstreet has left his US-based head of healthcare position at Accenture Ventures to become the unit's head of UK and Ireland.