Private Equity
Southeast Asia-based Monk's Hill Ventures, an early-stage tech venture firm, has named Michele Daoud and Justin Nguyen as partners. The appointments became effective immediately. Daoud's background includes leadership roles at Udemy, Google and Oliver Wyman while Nguyen joined MHV as an operating adviser in 2016.
3 min read · 16 April 2019
Hamilton Lane, a US$470 billion private-markets investment and advisory firm, has opened an office in Toronto, its first in Canada. The location will be run by Mike Woollatt, hired in January as a principal in the fund investments and co-investments team. Woollatt joined from $97 billion Canadian pension fund OMERS, where he was a director, strategic partnerships, with OMERS Platform Investments. Prior to joining OMERS in 2018, Woollatt for four years led the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. Hamilton Lane’s opening of a Toronto office follows its selection for investment last year by Ottawa’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative.
2 min read · 16 April 2019
San Leandro, California-based TerrAvion, a provider of aerial imaging and data analytics service for agriculture, has promoted Lorraine Fuller to regional vice president. TerrAvion's backers include Merus Capital, Initialized Capital, 10x Group and Y Combinator.
2 min read · 15 April 2019
Spa810, a franchisor of medical aesthetics and wellness clinics, has named Francis X. Acunzo as CEO. The appointment is effective immediately. Acunzo is joining Spa810 after serving as CEO of Acara Partners where he will remain founder and partner. Spa810 is backed by Princeton Ventures.
3 min read · 15 April 2019
Alacura Medical Transportation Management, a transportation benefit management provider for healthcare insurance plans, has appointed Ken Van Cara as CEO. Previously, he was president and COO at Clarus Healthcare. Alacura's backers include Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Fund and HCSC Ventures, the venture capital subsidiary of Health Care Service Corporation.
4 min read · 12 April 2019
Austin-based Aceable, a provider of digital high-stakes education, has named Justin Kvasnicka as chief financial officer and Nancy Spencer as vice president of finance. Previously, Kvasnicka worked at RetailMeNot while Spencer worked at Google. Aceable is backed by Sageview Capital, Silverton Partners, Floodgate Fund, Next Coast Venture Partners, Wildcat Venture Partners, Nextgen Partners and the Capital Factory Fund.
3 min read · 08 April 2019
New Markets Venture Partners has promoted Elizabeth Chou to general partner. Prior to joining New Markets, Chou was a senior associate at The Gladstone Companies.
2 min read · 08 April 2019
Miami Beach-based Sero Capital, an investment firm that focuses on growth opportunities in the tech sector, has launched. David Moradi will serve as managing partner of the new firm.
2 min read · 05 April 2019
Quake Capital, an early-stage investment firm, has promoted Priscilla Pesci to global manager partner for Europe. Previously, she was managing partner of Quake Los Angeles.
3 min read · 04 April 2019
New York City-based Namely, a HR platform for mid-sized companies, has named Andre McGregor as chief security officer. He is the former FBI cyber liaison to the United Nations. Namely's backers included Altimeter Capital, GGV Capital, Matrix Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital and True Ventures.
2 min read · 04 April 2019
