CapitalG also potentially disclosed an investment in communications platform Snap by adding the company's logo to the investment portfolio page on its website.

Markus Solibieda has left private equity firm Mandarin Capital Partners to become managing director at BASF Venture Capital.

Baochi Nguyen, previously an interim vice-president of marketing for Simply Hired and Krux Digital, has taken the position full time at IDG Ventures.

Scott Coleman has left Microsoft's Startup Growth Partners to join venture capital firm Ignition partners as business development partner.

Bruce Zimmerman has resigned as chief executive of Utimco, the investment company of University of Texas System.

Dinesh Moorjani has been appointed as managing director based in Santa Monica for Comcast Ventures, having previously run IAC's Hatch Labs incubator.

George Baxter has been appointed as the new chief executive of Edinburgh Research and Innovation, joining from Nottingham University.

Dan Primack, known for his Term Sheet column published by Fortune, is joining an as-yet unnamed media startup by Jim VandeHei, backed by NBC.

The university has rebranded its Office of Technology Transfer to Office of Technology Commercialization and New Ventures, and promoted Kelly Sexton (pictured) to vice-chancellor.