David Wise has been appointed director of the Maryland Momentum Fund, a $25m vehicle that supports companies emerging from University System of Maryland.

Jason Salstrom will direct the Purdue@WestGate initiative to boost tech transfer and spinout generation.

Rumi Morales is reportedly leaving her position as head of corporate venturing unit CME Ventures and will be joined by senior director Brandon Gath.

Paul Ashley and Brendan Ludden will be responsible for life sciences and physical sciences, respectively.

Nobuyuki Akimoto's departure from NTT Docomo Ventures comes as insurance firm Sompo commits up to $80m to TransLink to manage its corporate venture capital fund.

Cynthia Mandjek, an investment analyst Orange Digital Ventures for six months from January 2016, has joined Eurazeo as a late-stage venture capital analyst.

At Comcast Ventures for three years, Christian Ebersol had focused on early-stage investments, including work for the diversity-focused Catalyst Fund.

Skyler Fernandes has become a managing director of investments at Cleveland Avenue having left Simon Ventures in February.

Christie Pitts has departed from Verizon Ventures, where she was a venture development manager, to be partner and chief-of-staff at seed fund Backstage Capital.