Gordon Hurst joins the analytics specialist from his 26-year career at Capita Group.

Staszewski joins University College Dublin thanks to $6.2m funding from Science Foundation Ireland.

The former general manager of Microsoft Ventures left the unit last week to launch a gaming start-up, Unikrn, and has already received corporate funding interest.

The corporate venturing unit of the semiconductor business backed Braigo, a low-cost braille printer for blind people company, as Intel Capital revealed it had backed 16 companies in deals worth $62m.

Intellectual Property Task Force will analyse tech transfer policies in North America to present to US congress.

The unit's general manager, a prominent figure in corporate venturing, is leaving Microsoft after four years to head up a start-up company.

The Wells Fargo-backed firm has hired Sean Jacobsohn from venture firm Emergence Capital Partners to open a new office in San Francisco.