GV partner Lo Toney is set to leave the unit once he has closed a separate fund, Plexo Capital, which will back female and minority-helmed VC funds.

Stephanie Volk has left her management position at GE Ventures to take the vice-president of development post at National Venture Capital Association.

Oxford University Innovation has expanded its team further with the addition of Nicola Blackwood and Jonathan Flint as non-executive directors.

SoftBank Vision Fund has hired Andrew Kovacs from Sequoia Capital to head up its public relations.

700 "heroes of impact" gather.

Ann DeWitt has been named chief operating officer of the Engine, the MIT-created program to drive commercialisation efforts of research-intensive innovations.

Adam Workman will head up Oxford University Innovation's newly formed OUI Investments & New Ventures, which combines new and existing investments.