Nick Sturiale and Jeb Miller have joined JAFCO Ventures as general partners. They previously were with Carlyle Growth Capital, which closed its Silicon Valley office late last year. In other JAFCO Ventures news, general partner Aaron Cheatam has left. No word yet on his future plans.
5 min read · 04 March 2009
Geoff Entress has joined Voyager Capital as a venture partner, with a focus on Internet and digital media opportunities in the Pacific Northwest.He was previously a venture partner with Madrona Venture Group.
3 min read · 04 March 2009
Venrock has raised $194 million for a fund that will invest in late-stage private and publicly-held healthcare companies.
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TuitionU.com has acquired GreenNote Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif.-based micro finance and social networking company, according to VentureWire. No financial terms were disclosed. GreenNote had raised $4.2 million in 2007 from Menlo Ventures and GlenBrook Partners. www.greennote.com
1 min read · 03 March 2009
Rockley Group, a new VC firm formed by UK angel investors Andrew and Robert Rickman, is raising €100 million for its debut fund.
8 min read · 03 March 2009
Siimpel Inc., an Arcadia, Calif.-based maker of integrated optical microsystems, has raised an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from LG Innotek Co. Ltd. (South Korea). The company previously raised over $75 million from firms like Motorola Ventures, NTT DOCOMO, DFJ, Global Catalyst Partners, Portage Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Sun America Ventures and Zone Venture Partners.
3 min read · 02 March 2009
