Private Equity
Finistere Ventures said it named Adrian Percy as chief technology officer. Percy is a former head of R&D for the crop science division at Bayer, and, in his new role, will provide strategic, technical and regulatory guidance to portfolio companies.
1 min read · 19 March 2019
Silicon Valley-based Sekhmet Ventures, a venture firm focused on the beauty and wellness sector, has named Sara Kaur as chief financial officer. Previously, Kaur was CFO at Finesse Solutions.
2 min read · 13 March 2019
Wisconn Valley Ventures has hired Dr. Jason Franklin to lead its $100 million early-stage venture fund. Dr. Franklin is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who has been a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a venture partner at Avalon Ventures. Wisconn Valley Venture Fund will invest in the healthcare, technology, manufacturing and financial services sectors. Dr. Franklin will be based in Milwaukee and San Francisco.
2 min read · 11 March 2019
Y Combinator announced last week that Sam Altman will step down as president and transition to a new role as chairman. Y Combinator said his duties as president will shift to other partners. In his new role, Altman will spend more time focusing on the nonprofit OpenAI and other pursuits. In addition, the incubator said that it's looking for space to move its headquarters and demo days to San Francisco from Mountain View, California.
1 min read · 11 March 2019
Digital Hands, a managed security services provider, has named Myrna Soto as chief operating officer. Previously, she was a partner at ForgePoint Capital focused on cyber security investments. Soto will continue to serve as a venture adviser for ForgePoint Capital.
3 min read · 08 March 2019
Rubrik, a cloud data management company, has named Brett Shirk as chief revenue officer. Previously, he worked at VMware where he was senior vice president and general manager of the Americas. Rubrik is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures and IVP.
2 min read · 07 March 2019
Treehouse Global Ventures has named Maria Rodale to its advisory board. Rodale is a former chair and CEO of Rodale Inc, the health and wellness lifestyle media company.
3 min read · 06 March 2019
Vistara Capital Partners has hired Kathleen Reaume as a senior associate. Reaume will be a member of the firm's investment team, assisting in deal origination and evaluation and supporting portfolio companies post-close. Reaume joins from MealPal, a U.S. food technology company, where she served as CSO. Before then, she was director of finance and strategy at U.S. healthcare technology provider Zocdoc and an investment banker at UBS. In October, Vistara, a Canadian provider of debt and equity financing to growth-stage technology companies, launched its third fund at a target of $130 million (US$100 million).
4 min read · 06 March 2019
Greg Rosen has left Benchmark Capital to join Bedrock Capital as a partner, according to his LinkedIn page.
1 min read · 05 March 2019
Route 66 Ventures has promoted Pat Wilson to partner. Currently, Wilson holds board positions at Motionsoft, Digital Insurance Group, AMP Merchant Technologies and Vemo Education.
2 min read · 05 March 2019
