Julie Goonewardene has been named as chief innovation officer of University of Texas System's Horizon Fund.

Carlos Domingo, formerly chief new business and innovation officer for Du, left last month to co-found Spice Venture Capital, which is using an ICO to raise capital.

Rohit Bodas has departed from his partner position at American Express Ventures and will take the same role at BBVA-backed VC firm Propel Venture Partners.

Dewost said: "With Leonard, Vinci is offering me a chance to contribute to the digital transformation of durable structures and move from bytes to concrete.

Florian Graillot has left Axa Strategic Ventures to form an insurance-focused venture firm called Astorya.vc, the same month as colleague Minh Tran departed.

Laura Bond, formerly senior innovation partnerships manager at Alliance Boots, has moved to Accelerated Digital Ventures where she will be investment lead for venture partnerships.

Western Digital Capital director Aymerik Renard has departed to join an emerging venture capital player.