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- People Briefs, November 2011
Personnel changes at TCV, Highland, Mayfield and other U.S.-based VC firms
- Northgate Adds Mo Virani from Mohr Davidow
Mo Virani has joined Northgate Capital as its chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He joins from venture firm Mohr Davidow, where he worked as the administrative general partner responsible for all company operations and limited partner relations. In his new role, Virani will be responsible for all the finance and administrative functions of Northgate. In addition he will provide support for the investor relations and investment management activities of the firm, Northgate said in a statement.
- Visible Measures Picks Up $13M
Visible Measures, maker of an analytics and advertising platform for social video, has raised $13 million in a round led by DAG Ventures. The Series D round also included an investment from Advance Publications Inc. – owners of magazine giant Conde Nast – along with participation from existing investors General Catalyst Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Northgate Capital.
- Palo Alto Networks Adds PwC Vet to Board
Palo Alto Networks, a network security firm, will add PwC vet and former McAfee Chairman Chuck Robel to its board of directors. His experience covers governance, accounting, M&A and tech strategy. Palo Alto Networks is backed by VCs including Greylock, Sequoia, Globespan, Northgate Capital and Jafco Ventures.
- VC-backed Dijit Media Adds Two--CORRECTED
Dijit Media has named Jeremy Toeman to the post of chief product officer, and Adam Burg to the post of vice president of business development. Both Burg and Toeman come to Dijit from Stage Two, a strategic product consultancy and marketing firm they co-founded in 2006. Based in San Francisco, Dijit is backed by investors including Northgate Capital.
- Kovio Raises $15M
Tyco Retail Solutions has led a new financing in Kovio Inc., the printed silicon electronics company based in California. Current investors Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures, Northgate Capital, Harris & Harris, Flagship Ventures and Pangaea Ventures also participated in the funding round.
- VC-backed Bloom Energy Quadrupling Size of Manufacturing
Bloom Energy, a clean tech start-up backed by more than $400 million in venture capital, is quadrupling the size of its Silicon Valley manufacturing operations, Reuters reported. The expansion will create 1,000 new jobs, the company said. Bloom Energy makes fuel cell boxes that can power buildings. Launched last February, the boxes convert air and a fuel such as natural gas into electricity through an electrochemical process. Bloom Energy is backed by investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Morgan Stanley, NEA, and Northgate Capital.