Princeton, N.J.-based Edison Partners announced the promotions of Tom Vander Schaaff to general partner and David Nevas to partner. The growth-stage investor said the moves come on the heels of a highly active 2016, in which the firm oversaw 12 investments and eight exits.
1 min read · 19 January 2017
Voyager Capital, which focuses on early-stage tech deals in the Pacific Northwest and California, announced that James Newell has joined the firm as a partner. Previously, Newell was with late-stage investor IVP, where he worked with portfolio companies Casper, DoubleVerify, General Assembly, Sauce Labs and Zerto. Before that, Newell was an associate with Maveron, a consumer-focused venture firm with offices in Seattle and San Francisco. He also spent time at the technology investment banking group of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
1 min read · 19 January 2017
2 min read · 17 January 2017
Late-stage investor IVP announced it has promoted Tom Loverro to principal. He joined IVP in April 2015 as vice president from RRE Ventures, where he was a principal. Loverro, who focuses on consumer and enterprise companies, serves on the board of NerdWallet and works with IVP's investments in Giphy, GitHub, OnDeck and Tanium.
1 min read · 17 January 2017
2 min read · 12 January 2017
Former LP and longtime GP Elise Hebb has joined Seattle-based Maveron as partner and chief operating officer. At Maveron, Hebb will lead the firm’s fundraising, investor relations and marketing efforts. She also will oversee Maveron’s administrative and finance teams. Prior to joining Maveron, Hebb served for 10 years as director of investor relations and business development at Madrona Venture Group, a Seattle venture firm. Prior to that, Hebb was head of private capital investments for the University of Washington endowment.
1 min read · 11 January 2017
Zetta Venture Partners, which in October closed on $100 million for its second fund, added Jocelyn Goldfein as a partner. Before joining the San Francisco-based firm, Goldfein was an angel investor, backing Simppler and SigOpt, among others, according to her AngetList profile. She also was an engineering executive at such companies as Facebook and VMware.
1 min read · 10 January 2017
10 min read · 02 January 2017
3 min read · 01 January 2017
1 min read · 29 December 2016
