After nearly seven years at BNP Paribas's strategic investment arm, founding managing director Thibaut Schlaeppi is leaving to co-lead Raise Ventures.

Palida Artispong is moving up at financial services firm Krungsri's corporate venture capital arm, promoted to acting managing director.

The veteran of the Japanese semiconductor and display equipment company is leaving the CVC unit he restarted in 2011.

Steve Smith has expanded his role at National Grid Partners to become the energy utility group's new chief strategy and regulation officer.

Joseph Tou and Simone Lavizzari left the Japanese conglomerate's CVC unit, the latter having taken up an investment manager role at Join Capital.

Mart Maasik has stepped down as chief executive of UniTartu Ventures at the University of Tartu to join a $63 spinout investment fund.

Vincent Coole, who built a programme University of Birmingham programme to commercialise technology before creating a spinout, has joined Trinity College Dublin.

Ravi Jain will lead Indian investments for TDK Ventures, the investment arm of Japanese tech company TDK.

Rajeev Misra is formally leaving his leadership role at SoftBank's venture capital arm after seven years defined by controversy.