Job Moves: Vivo Promotes Two, TA Goes to Hong Kong, Obama Appointee Joins Venrock, More
This is the first installment of a new feature that looks at who’s moving in, up (or out) in venture capital and private equity circles. In this week's column, Vivo Ventures promotes two doctors to managing partner, BlackRock makes the first three of an expected 20 new appointments, TA associates announces its first hire for a new Hong Kong office, Venrock adds a partner for health care IT, and a U.S. Venture Partners staffer joins a startup. VIVO ADDS TWO Vivo Ventures, a life science-focused venture firm based in Silicon Valley, announced promotions of two to managing partner this week, one of whom will be based in Palo Alto, Calif., and the other in China. The first is Chen Yu, who joined Vivo as a partner in 2007. Prior to Vivo, Yu was an early employee at aQuantive, which listed on Nasdaq in 2000 and ultimately was acquired for $6.5 billion by
