EnBW New Ventures has brought in renewable energy expert Melanie Beyersdorf to bolster its investment team.

Phil Clare has joined Queen Mary Innovation as chief executive, having previously worked for University of Oxford since 2006.

GCV Rising Star Ademidum (Demi) Edosomwan has left TotalEnergies Ventures after more than three years at the CVC unit.

Alex Sion, formerly head of market growth at Citi Ventures, has taken up a managing director role at Motive Create.

CVC veteran Daniel Malandrin, who was part of GCV Rising Stars and Emerging Leaders rosters, has left DX Ventures and joined KPMG Brazil.

Karinne Bredberg has been promoted to director of innovation in Northern Illinois University’s Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships.

Beauty treatments, medical procedures and personalisation are blending together, with China at the forefront of these key trends.

Dominique Mégret has exclusively revealed to Global Venturing that the unit closed its fourth main fund in July, with 75% of the capital coming from external limited partners.

The Deutsche Telekom spinoff’s Growth Equity III Fund has completed a $300m first close backed by its former parent company as well as SoftBank.

Teri Willey, whose long list of accomplishments includes founding Cambridge Enterprise, will step down in November this year to focus on other projects.