Private Equity
Flywheel Building Intelligence Inc, a building-management software company, has appointed Mike Levine as CEO. Levine's work background includes serving as president of bibliotheca and CEO of AssetPoint. Flywheel's backers include Braemar Energy Ventures.
1 min read · 16 May 2018
Greylock Partners announced it has named Sarah Guo a general partner of the firm. Guo, who focuses on B2B applications and infrastructure, cyber security, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and healthcare, joined the firm in 2013. She is on the board of three companies as a representative of Greylock, including Obsidian Security. Prior to Greylock, she was at Goldman Sachs, where she invested in growth-stage technology startups and advised pre-IPO tech companies.
1 min read · 16 May 2018
Pitango Venture Capital has appointed Dr. Guy Ezekiel as a general partner. Previously, he was a venture partner at Pitango. Prior to joining the Israeli venture firm, Ezekiel was president and CEO of Brainsway.
2 min read · 15 May 2018
Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based Complexa Inc, a biopharmaceutical company, has named Francisco D. Salva as CEO and president. His appointment is effective immediately. Previously, Salva was founder and vice president of operations for Acerta Pharma B.V. Complexa's backers include Andera Partners, HBM Healthcare Investments, JAFCO, New Enterprise Associates and Pfizer Venture Investments.
3 min read · 14 May 2018
New York-based Kyriba, a provider of cloud treasury and financial management solutions, has named Axel Canale as the new general manager for Latin America. Kyriba's backers include Sumeru Equity Partners, Bpifrance, Iris Capital, Daher Capital and HSBC.
3 min read · 14 May 2018
Kirkland, Washington-based Pivotal Commware Inc, a provider of holographic beam forming technology, has appointed Glenn Lurie to its board of directors. Lurie is a former president and CEO of AT&T's mobility and consumer operations. Pivotal Commware's backers include Bill Gates, The Thermo Companies, DIG Investment and Lux Capital.
3 min read · 14 May 2018
Grishin Robotics, which invests in robotics and hardware, has added Nuno Goncalves Pedro to its team as venture partner. Firm founder Dmitry Grishin wrote in a Medium blog post that Pedro will "provide leadership to the existing Grishin Robotics fund and contribute to the firm’s expansion." Pedro was the co-founder and managing partner of Strive Capital, an early-stage venture firm that backed KeepSafe and App Annie, among others.
1 min read · 12 May 2018
Blue Bear Capital, a venture and growth equity fund focused on digital technologies for the energy sector, has named Lord John Browne to its advisory board. Browne is a former chairman and CEO of BP, was a partner of Riverstone Holdings LLC and an ex-chairman of the Apax Partners' advisory board. Brown was also a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs.
3 min read · 11 May 2018
Canadian early-stage venture capital firm Brightspark has hired Jacques Perreault as a senior partner. Operating from the firm's office in Montréal, Perreault will evaluate startups, create deal flow, and support new and existing investments. He joins Brightspark after working for 20 years in senior roles in the VC industry, most recently at Desjardins Capital, where he served as associate vice president of technology investments. Before joining Desjardins in 2008, Perreault served as a vice president at MMV Financial and as a partner at Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec's technology affiliate.
3 min read · 10 May 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based F-Prime Capital Partners has named Parker Moss as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Prior to joining F-Prime, Moss spent five years with the National Health Service, most recently serving as chief technology officer of Virgin Care.
2 min read · 09 May 2018
