Prior to joining GM Ventures, Sheffer was executive director of chassis purchasing at US-based car maker General Motors.

Lee had left IDG Ventures Korea in early 2016 and has spent the past near-two years as managing partner of Cognitive Investment.

Granath had been responsible for the growth investment portfolio of Division X at Telia for three years.

Rothe had spent five years at Capnamic, which includes Axa, Cewe, Cisco, Defacto, Euroweb, Gauselmann Die Spielemacher, Hahn Air, Helaba, MGO Digital Ventures, Muellermedien, NWZ Digital, Rheinische Post, Universal Music Group and DuMont Digital as its corporate limited partners in its funds.

As CEO of Siemens Venture Capital until the creation of its Next47 corporate venturing unit last March, Schnell had included advisory services to its in-house pension fund.

Kabir Misra, one of the corporate's two representatives on Snapdeal's board of directors since early 2017, is stepping down.

Managing director Sherwin Prior is leaving GM's corporate venturing unit after more than seven years to set up his own transport-focused VC fund.

Siemens' Next47 unit has hired Matthew Cowan, a co-founder of Bridgescale Partners, as it moves to an evergreen investment model.

Nielsen Ventures' managing director, Bruce Haymes, who also headed the corporate's Nielsen Innovate incubator, has left to pursue an undisclosed opportunity.

William Kilmer has joined C5 Capital as managing partner, reuniting with Marcos Battisti, a colleague from his Intel Capital days.