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Berkeley Academic Ventures has lost its managing director Darek DaFreece, although he will remain an adviser for UC Berkeley's aerospace R&D unit.

Juno Capital has said neither Neil Woodford or Craig Newman have been appointed with the firm, denying earlier reports to the contrary.

Neil Woodford has reportedly joined former WIM chief executive Craig Newman at Juno Capital to form a portfolio of unquoted healthcare stocks.

Frank Schwarz will become managing director of Saschenlotto on October 1, ending his current role within innovation at TU Dresden.

Chalmers Ventures head of startups Stina Linge will leave on September 2 to head up Lipidor's animal health products unit Emollivet.

David Snow, director of University of Arkansas Technology Ventures, has been called upon to lead the Office of Economic Development in an interim capacity.

Koenraad Debackere, managing director, KU Leuven Research and Development, and chairman, Gemma Frisius Fund has received the GUV Lifetime Achievement Award 2019

Put in the driving seat of Oxford University Innovation’s new social enterprise campaign, Mark Mann – this year’s Personality of the Year – surely has one of the most fascinating jobs in academic tech transfer.

The top 25: Jim Wilkinson, CFO, Oxford Sciences Innovation

Introducing the Global University Venturing Powerlist 2018