Erik Nordlander, has become a partner of engineering at Google Ventures in New York City after working at the firm leading the team that built Google's display advertising serving system and helping the company's acquisition and technical integration of Doubleclick.

Peacock fund's merger with Comcast Interactive Capital will see Amy Banse take top role.

Nanea Reeves joins US-based games developer Gaikai from peer Electronic Arts.

Fund manager Paul Ghaffari joins Vulcan Capital as chief investment officer.

Eugene Starr joins Vascular Pathways as executive president.

T-Venture, which invests on behalf of Germany's national phone operator Deutsche Telekom, invested in Cooliris in July last year and has now seen Sebastian Blum, one of its managing directors, move across.

Christine Herron joins Intel Capital as a director in its consumer internet team as firm separately backs three more Middle Eastern companies.

Global Corporate Venturing chooses US-based bank Citigroup as its most influential corporate venturing unit.

Oslo Business for Peace Award goes to William Rosenzweig, co-founder and a managing director of corporate venturing firm Physic Ventures.

Japan-based drugs company Takeda Pharmaceutical rebrands venturing unit Takeda Ventures.