Private Equity
Canadian early-stage venture capital firm Version One Ventures has promoted Angela Tran Kingyens to general partner. Kingyens joined Version One in 2013 as an analyst and was promoted last year to principal. She was formerly a partner at Insight Data Science, a Y Combinator-backed startup that helps PhD graduates transition from academic research to industry careers. The promotion of Kingyens, who operates from Version One’s Silicon Valley office, brings the firm's general partners to two. The other is Boris Wertz, who founded Version One in 2012.
3 min read · 06 September 2018
Silverfleet Capital has named Alex Brebbia as co-head of lower mid-market investing. Also, the European private equity firm has appointed Erik Fuchs as co-head of the Benelux region. Brebbia is a former managing partner at Spring Ventures while Fuchs previously worked at Alpha Private Equity.
2 min read · 05 September 2018
Tempest Therapeutics Inc, a biotech company, has named Dr. Ginna Laport as chief medical officer. Previously, she was vice president of clinical development at Corvus Pharmaceuticals. Also, Tempest has promoted Dr. Alicia Levey to chief business officer. Tempest’s backers include Versant Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Quan Capital, Lilly Asia Ventures, Foresite Capital and Eight Roads Ventures.
3 min read · 04 September 2018
Social Capital, founded in 2011 by early Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya, has seen more departures. Most recently, Partner Mike Ghaffary, who joined a year ago, announced last week he was leaving to focus on angel investing. In addition, Ashley Mayer, a partner and VP of marketing who joined in 2015 from Box, tweeted she has also left to pursue new adventures.
1 min read · 04 September 2018
Andreessen Horowitz has promoted Angela Strange to general partner. The announcement was made on the venture firm's site by General Partner Alex Rampell. According to Strange's LinkedIn profile, she first joined Andreessen Horowitz as a partner in November 2014. Her past work credentials include serving as a product manager at Google.
1 min read · 30 August 2018
Consumer-focused investor Maveron has added Natalie Dillon as an investor. She previously was an investor with seed-stage investor Susa Ventures and was a research associate at Silicon Valley Bank before that.
1 min read · 30 August 2018
Mojiit, a creator of personalized 3D animated emojis, has named William Gordon to its board of advisers. Currently, Gordon is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers where he serves as chief product officer.
3 min read · 28 August 2018
Sandy, Utah-based ArbiterSports, a provider of athletic management software, has named Karen Mogridge as vice president of product management. Previously, she worked at CoreLogic. ArbiterSports is backed by Serent Capital.
2 min read · 28 August 2018
Michael Rothenberg agreed to settle charges with the SEC that he embezzled money from LPs to pay for personal business ventures and lavish parties and events, according to an SEC press release.
1 min read · 21 August 2018
Atomic Capital, a blockchain, financial technology and investment firm, has named Peter Lyons as chief innovation officer. Previously, Lyons worked at the World Economic Forum where he served as partnership development lead.
2 min read · 21 August 2018
