Zaid Ashai has joined Point Judith Capital, a Providence, R.I.-based VC firm, as a partner. He previously was with Good Energies and, before that, worked both with HabourVest Partners and Credit Suisse's tech I-banking group.
3 min read · 21 May 2010
2 min read · 20 May 2010
Isaac Ciechanover has joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a partner focused on life sciences investments. He previously was executive director of business development with Celgene Corp.
3 min read · 20 May 2010
Inova Labs Inc., an Austin, Texas-based maker of portable and stationary oxygen concentrators, has raised $10 million in Series A funding from Three Arch Partners.
2 min read · 20 May 2010
BrightSource Energy Inc., an Oakland, Calif.-based developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, has raised $150 million in Series D funding. Alstom and CalSTRS were joined by return backers VantagePoint Venture Partners, Morgan Stanley and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The company previously raised $172 million.
3 min read · 20 May 2010
Movidius, a Dublin, Ireland-based chipmaker focused on the mobile 3D video market, has raised $7.5 million in Series B funding. Return backers include Celtic House Venture Partners, Capital E, Emertec Gestion and AIB Seed Capital Fund.
2 min read · 20 May 2010
Yair Landau has joined MK Capital as a Los Angeles-based partner. He previously was vice chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and president of Sony Pictures Digital.
2 min read · 20 May 2010
NeuroTherapeutics Pharma Inc., a Chicago-based developer of therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, has raised $43 million in Series B funding. Fidelity Biosciences, MPM Capital and S.R. One Ltd. co-led the round, and were joined by Pfizer and return backers Novo Ventures and Thomas McNerney & Partners.
3 min read · 20 May 2010
1 min read · 20 May 2010
DOTGO, a New York-based developer of a mobile publishing platform, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from Epic Ventures and TomorrowVentures.
3 min read · 19 May 2010
