David Thévenon, who led some of the biggest investments from SoftBank and its Vision Fund over the past five years, has left for Balderton Capital.

FEI, Transvalor, KPN, Vilmorin & Cie, Vyv Group, Mgen and Clarins subsidiary Famille C were all among the contributors to the fund's $82.3m close.

The private equity firm has hired GCV Powerlist mainstay Rob Salvagno, who had previously headed Cisco Investments, to co-lead its tech growth equity efforts.

Vineeta Agarwala has been confirmed as one of the general partners running the firm's $750m Bio Fund III following nearly five years at corporate venturing unit GV.

OnRamp Education & Workforce Innovation Accelerator has been launched by ECMC Group and Gener8tor and will provide each participant with $100,000 in funding.

After almost two decades at venture firm Foundation Capital, Paul Holland has joined Mach49, which helps launch and run corporate VC funds, as a managing director and VC-in-residence.

Robert Bosch's BSH subsidiary has joined Techstars to form a home technology accelerator that will welcome 10 startups into its first cohort.

Iwasaki Gakuen and several banks have contributed to the second close of Sony and Daiwa's joint fund, which had raised $145m of a targeted $185m as of last month.

Fintech-focused venture firm Canapi Ventures has secured more than 35 banks and strategic investors as LPs for its first funds.

Venture capital fund Big Idea Ventures has hired former GCV Rising Star and Tyson Ventures CFO Tom Mastrobuoni as a venture partner.