Invincea has appointed Dr. Sameer Bhalotra to the company's board of advisors. Dr. Bhalotra has a distinguished career of public service, most recently as the Obama White House's senior director for Cybersecurity. Invincea is a developer of secure virtual containers for advanced malware threat detection, zero-day exploit prevention, and pre-breach forensic intelligence. The company is venture capital-backed and based in Fairfax, VA.
4 min read · 31 July 2013
WindPower Innovations has retained Nick Palumbo as director of sales and marketing for WindPower Solutions, WindPower Innovations' wholly-owned subsidiary. Palumbo comes to WindPower with extensive experience in alternative energy consulting, lead generation, and deal management.
4 min read · 31 July 2013
SDL has been selected by UK-based Box, a provider of online storage and collaboration software, as its preferred partner to expand into new international markets. Box is backed by venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Emergence Capital Partners, General Atlantic, Meritech Capital Partners, NEA, Scale Venture Partners and U.S. Venture Partners and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP.
3 min read · 31 July 2013
Executive search firm True has expanded its San Francisco office, adding three new senior team members Mark Jacobsen, Rhoda Longhenry and Mike Mangini. True specializes in placements for venture and growth-stage software and internet companies backed by interntaional technology investors.
3 min read · 31 July 2013
UK-based Business Growth Fund has appointed Matt Widdall as a senior investment manager based in its Manchester office and Greg Norman as an investment manager in its Bristol office. They will be responsible for identifying investable local businesses and working with them to achieve their growth plans.
3 min read · 31 July 2013
Catch up on the latest mid-week news with links to the best VC blogs for entrepreneurs; Andreessen Horowitz's first GP moving out of investing and why the world's governments are interested in creating hubs for open data.
1 min read · 31 July 2013
It’s a mixed jobs bag this week with offerings from global technology incubator Altisource Labs, Boston-based early stage venture firm Point Judith Capital, real estate outfit Rockwood Capital and mega deal-focused Blackstone and Societe Generale.
2 min read · 30 July 2013
Stripes Group has made a significant minority investment in Audio Network, a London-based, international music platform that specializes in providing music for film, television, advertisements and online video use on a subscription basis. Stripes Group acquired an approximate 27 percent equity stake in Audio Network with the majority of its stake purchased from early angel investors.
4 min read · 30 July 2013
British fund manager Nicola Horlick has launched a campaign on equity crowdfunding site Seedrs to raise seed capital for her new venture, Glentham Capital. She is seeking 150,000 pounds ($229,960) investment, and is offering investors 10 percent of the equity of the business. Horlick serves as chairman of the company, and Pandora Edmiston, who worked in the film industry and then moved to Citibank for a number of years, is its CEO.
8 min read · 30 July 2013
This Tuesday morning read all about why NY venture capitalists should be looking at foreign tech; New Mexico Educational Board's new commitments and the first data scientist in residence to join Accel.
1 min read · 30 July 2013
