Frédéric Rombaut, formerly managing director of corporate venturing funds for network equipment supplier Cisco and mobile semiconductor technology provider Qualcomm, has joined UK-based venture capital firm Seraphim Capital as general partner.

Seraphim has raised a $95m fund focused on the $350bn space technology market, and plans to launch an accelerator called Seraphim Space Camp and a new fund with a wider global scope. It is backed by limited partners including corporates SES, Airbus and Telespazio.

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