Bernhard Gold has joined corporate-backed VC firm Iris Capital from T-Venture to manage its North American office in San Francisco.

Bernhard Gold has left T-Venture, a corporate venturing subsidiary of telecommunications firm Deutsche Telekom, to join France-headquartered venture capital firm Iris Capital as managing director of its North American office.

Gold has been appointed partner at Iris and will run Iris Capital North America. He had been managing director of T-Venture of America since early 2014, having been promoted after three years as an investment director.

During his stint in the US, Gold oversaw investments in companies including Cooliris, which…