Mitch Hill will join Opscode as CEO, succeeding Jesse Robbins in that role. Robbins has moved to a role as the company’s chief community officer. Opscode, based in Seattle, is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Battery Ventures.
3 min read · 16 August 2011
WhaleShark Media Inc., operator of online coupon and deal sites, used a subsidiary to acquire European eConversions Ltd., an operator of coupon sites in Germany and the UK. The Texas-based company is backed by Austin Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adams Street Partners and Google Ventures.
3 min read · 16 August 2011
Nido Quebin, president of High Point University, has been elected to the board of directors of Cleveland-based Dots LLC, a fashion retailer included in the portfolio of private equity firm Irving Place Capital. Quebin’s other governance positions include board seats with BB&T and La-Z-Boy.
2 min read · 16 August 2011
Polyteda Software Corp., the provider of technology for addressing the physical verification needs of deep sub-wavelength processes, will add Vista Ventures managing partner Jim Hogan to its board as Chairman. Hogan’s experience includes work at Telos Venture Partners, Artisan Components and National Semiconductor and other tech companies.
3 min read · 16 August 2011
Openview Partners, the Boston-based venture capital firm, will add former Amazon executive Bill Price to its ranks as a senior advisor. Price joins Openview Labs, a strategic and operational consulting group for the VC’s portfolio. Previously, he had served as VP of global customer service with Amazon.
4 min read · 16 August 2011
3 min read · 16 August 2011
Rowmark LLC, the portfolio company belonging to Connecticut-based private equity firm Clearview Capital, will acquire Southtech Plastics, the North Carolina-based company. Specifics of the transaction were not immediately publicized. Southtech will be integrated into Rowmark under the division Southtech Decorative Laminations.
3 min read · 12 August 2011
4 min read · 12 August 2011
2 min read · 12 August 2011
ACON Investments LLC, the Washington, D.C. investment firm, has established Saga Resource Partners as a holding company for its acquisition of assets from Saga Petroleum Corp. and other natural gas assets it acquired from an undisclosed seller. ACON led an investor group comprised of the management team of Saga Petroleum Corp., GCP Capital Partners, Wells Fargo Energy Capital, Inc. and Société Générale Investment Corporation in financing the acquisitions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
3 min read · 11 August 2011
