Entrepreneur Kevin Rose follows up exit of Milk to Google by joining Google Ventures.

Intel's corporate venturing unit opens a Turkey office after backing digital media company Nokta and daily deals company Grupanya.

Socolof says: "I am honored to represent this growing constituency within our industry as the landscape continues to evolve."

The European Technology Transfer Office Circle is an initiative of the European Union's Joint Research Council aimed at connecting the technology transfer offices of large European public research-performing organisations.

The company is planning to build into a network of four or five labs including New York, news provider Xconomy said.

Moonray-backed Romax Technology, a UK-based engineering company says it hopes to create around 100 new jobs in Nottingham and the UK over the next three to five years.

The clean technology investment firm and utility recruits Carbon War Room's Jigar Shah and Nomura's Russell Pullan.

Quinn previously was head of products for Visa-backed mobile payment company Square, a KPCB portfolio company.

Ulf Sandberg, the incumbent CEO of Finland-based SkySQL, will now serve as president, leading the company's operations in the Americas.

Howard Janzen has joined as executive president from being chief executive at One Communications, where he oversaw the integration of eight regional communications companies.