Doug Fisher and Charline Gauthier have joined InterWest Partners as a principal and executive-in-residence, respectively. Fisher previously was a vice president with New Leaf Venture Partners, while Gauthier was a senior executive in IntraLase Inc. VentureWire first reported the hires. www.interwest.com
1 min read · 01 April 2009
Craig Menden has joined Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP as a partner in the firm’s venture technology group. He previously was with Fenwick & West.
3 min read · 01 April 2009
eToro, a London-based operator of an online ForEx trading platform, has raised $6.3 million in second-round funding. Backers include BRM Group and Cubit Investments.
3 min read · 01 April 2009
M/C Venture Partners has promoted David Ingraham and Edmund Kim from senior associates to vice presidents.
3 min read · 01 April 2009
Risa Stack of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers explains how the NVCA is working with the government to knock down barriers to the advancement of personalized medicine
3 min read · 01 April 2009
Brad Mattson and Mark Platshon have joined VantagePoint Venture Partners as partners in the firm's cleantech practice. Mattson is the former founder and CEO of both Novellus Systems and Mattson Technology. Platshon previously was with Trident Capital and, before that, with XSeed Capital.
3 min read · 31 March 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG.O) is forming a $100 million fund to invest in early-stage start-up firms. The fund, to be called Google Ventures, will be wholly owned by Google, but will operate as a separate entity and will seek investment opportunities to maximize returns rather than looking for investments that strictly fit with Google's strategic vision. Rich Miner, a co-founder of Android smart phone software that Google acquired in 2005, and Bill Maris are the fund's two managing partners.
2 min read · 31 March 2009
SpaceClaim Corp., a Concord, Mass.-based 3D mechanical designer for the manufacturing industry, has raised $7 million in third-round funding. Return backers include North Bridge Venture Partners, Kodiak Venture Partners, Borealis Ventures and Needham Capital Partners. It had previously raised $21 million.
4 min read · 31 March 2009
Murex Investments and RHD Inc. have launched GoodCompany Ventures, a Philadelphia-based venture-style incubator program for socially-conscious entrepreneurs.
2 min read · 31 March 2009
Pathway Medical Technologies Inc., a Kirkland, Wash.-based developer of endovascular treatments for peripheral arterial disease, has raised $40 million in Series D funding. Return backers include HLM Venture Partners, Latterell Venture Partners, Oxford Bioscience Partners, Forbion Capital Partners and Giza Venture Capital.
3 min read · 30 March 2009
