Private Equity
Seattle-based Flying Fish Partners, an early-stage tech venture firm focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning opportunities in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, has added four new venture partners to its team. Joining Flying Fish are Adriane Brown, Bonnie Foley-Wong, Stephen Lawler and Vanessa Pegueros.
3 min read · 28 November 2018
First Round Capital’s Rob Hayes will step down from his role as a partner at the firm to become a board partner, according to a blog post.
1 min read · 27 November 2018
Evolv Technology, a creator of a people-screening system that detects weapons and bombs, has named David Orfao and Alan Cohen to its board of directors. Orfao is a co-founder of General Catalyst while Cohen was recently a chief commercial officer at Illumio.
3 min read · 27 November 2018
INKEF Capital, a Dutch venture firm, has named Roel Bulthuis as managing director and head of healthcare team. Previously, he worked at M Ventures.
3 min read · 27 November 2018
New York City-based Rgenix, Inc, a developer of small molecule and antibody cancer therapeutics, has named Dr. Peter Van Vlasselaer to its board of directors. Recently, he was the president and CEO of ARMO Biosciences. Rgenix's backers include Novo A/S, Sofinnova Partners, Lepu Medical, Oceanpine Capital, WuXi AppTec’s Corporate Venture Fund, Alexandria Venture Investments and the Partnership Fund for New York City’s Innovate NY Fund.
3 min read · 27 November 2018
Signal Peak Ventures has appointed Ben Dahl as a managing director. Previously, Dahl worked at Pelion Venture Partners where he was a partner.
2 min read · 27 November 2018
Frazier Healthcare Partners has named Dr. Mimi Hancock to its life sciences team as a senior adviser. Previously, she was a member of Spencer Stuart's life sciences practice.
2 min read · 27 November 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a cell therapy company, has named Dr. Min Wang as chief legal and administrative officer. Previously, she worked at Agios Pharmaceuticals where she was vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. BlueRock is backed by Bayer AG and Versant Ventures.
3 min read · 26 November 2018
General Catalyst said it has added Kirk Arnold and Stephan Dietrich as executives in residence. Arnold was most recently CEO of Data Intensity. Dietrich presently serves on several boards, including those of Neotys and Akeneo.
2 min read · 16 November 2018
TCV has promoted Nari Ansari to general partner, according to an announcement by the Menlo Park, California-based growth equity firm. Ansari joined TCV in 2006 and currently serves on the board of directors at HireVue, OneSource Virtual and Watermark.
1 min read · 15 November 2018
