Miles Kirby has become managing director of technology group Qualcomm's Ventures Europe unit, while Mark Felix, investment manager for? Dow Venture Capital, is effectively running Europe for the chemicals company from its Swiss office.

Cisco-backed cloud phone service hires the former chief financial officer of biofuels company Codexis.

The chip and telecoms company formed the council and added partners to promote a technology being supported by its corporate venturing unit Qualcomm Ventures.

Move comes seven years after Intel Capital set up a $50m Turkey and Middle East fund.

Google reportedly picks up some of the staff of entrepreneur Kevin Rose's mobile application company, which is shutting down its main app, after the company was backed by Google Ventures in November.

The India-based IT company follows up a $45m round from investors including Intel Capital, opening a UK office.

Google Ventures entrepreneur-in-residence Craig Walker is separately looking at returning to his VoIP roots when he founded the company which becam Google Voice.

Cisco corporate development executive Yann de Vries and Anderson Thees, formerly chief executive of Brazil-based search engine Apontador lead the venture.

The American Express, Verizon and Rogers Communications-backed payment processing company hires staff members with backgrounds at Visa, Mastercard and American Express.

The top executive at the corporate venturing unit of the chemical maker reportedly says he is considering opening an office on the Chinese mainland, which follows the firm opening in Boston this year.