Kaloyan Andonov of GCV spoke to Geert van de Wouw, vice-president at Shell Ventures, the venturing subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch oil and gas major Shell about the future of energy and how the rebranded venturing arm under his command tackles it.

Karthik Subramanian, Cisco Investments’ former head of cybersecurity investments and acquisitions, has joined the growth equity firm as a partner.

Matthew Carbonara, has left a senior director role at Cisco Investments to join Citi Ventures as a managing director.

Evolv Ventures will be headed by ex-Lightbank partner Bill Pescatello and will fund startups developing technology for the food industry.

Aditya Swarup, a former principal at Rakuten Ventures, has been promoted to partner.

NGP Capital has hired Rohini Chakravarthy from New Enterprise Associates as a partner.

Marin Cauvas has joined Anthemis as an investment associate from Santander InnoVentures.

Hilton Romanski, who was featured twice on GCV’s Powerlist in 2012 and 2014, has become a partner and senior managing director at Siris Capital.

Nazier Ariffin, formerly Angel-eQ’s head of investments and business development, will head investments for Telkomsel’s new strategic unit.

William Bell, a director at TIAA’s corporate development department, has joined Nuveen as a managing director.