Private Equity
San Francisco-based Moogsoft, a provider of artificial intelligence for IT operations, has named Ranvir Wadera as vice president of engineering and Udi Gotlieb as vice president of product marketing. Wadera and Gotlieb were formerly with Splunk and ServiceNow, respectively. Moogsoft's backers include Goldman Sachs, HCL, Northgate Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Singtel Innov8, STTelemedia and Wing VC.
2 min read · 28 March 2018
San Francisco-based Kinetica, an instant insight engine provider for the extreme data economy, has appointed Irina Farooq as vice president of product management. Previously, Farooq worked at Riverbed Technology. Kinetica is backed by Canvas Ventures, Citi Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners.
3 min read · 26 March 2018
TCV has promoted Nathan Sanders to chief operating officer, according to an announcement on its site. Sanders has been with TCV since 2014. Prior to joining the Palo Alto, California-based venture firm, he was a director at Bain Capital serving on both the private equity investment team and the investor relations team.
1 min read · 26 March 2018
Lightspeed Venture Partners announced that it has added Semil Shah as venture partner. Shah is founder and sole GP of the seed-stage investment firm Haystack, which has backed DoorDash, Giphy and Instacart, among others. Lightspeed said that Shah will continue to run Haystack while serving as venture partner at the firm.
1 min read · 22 March 2018
Clean technology venture capital firm Cycle Capital Management has promoted Shirley Speakman to the position of senior partner. Speakman, who joined Cycle in 2014, has since 1995 held several senior roles in corporate finance and the venture capital industry, including as a director of MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund. Andrée-Lise Méthot, Cycle's founder and managing partner, said Speakman's promotion "consolidates the gender parity of our partnership." Cycle, which has offices in Montréal, Toronto and Qingdao, China, as well as a U.S. market presence, manages more than $350 million in assets.
3 min read · 22 March 2018
Madrona Venture Group has named Sudip Chakrabarti a partner, the first member of its investment team recruited from a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
1 min read · 22 March 2018
London-based venture firm Balderton Capital is expanding its investment team with three new hires. Joining Balderton are Isabel Bescos, Cayetana Hurtado and Diane Albouy.
2 min read · 22 March 2018
New York City and Los Angeles-based accelerator Quake Capital has named Priscilla Pesci as a partner. In her new role, Pesci will oversee the LA office and its new LA accelerator program. Pesci's work background includes holding executive positions at such companies as MGM Studios, Lionsgate Entertainment, CBS Broadcast International and FOX Studios.
3 min read · 21 March 2018
Travis Kalanick has found his way back to the C-suite, this time taking the CEO's role at a new-age real estate company.
1 min read · 21 March 2018
Braingrid Corp, a Toronto-based data platform for cannabis growers, has named Douglas Harris as chief financial officer. Harris' work background includes over 25 years' experience in corporate finance, private equity investing, business valuation and financial operations both as an executive and a board member. Braingrid's backers include Quinsam Capital.
2 min read · 20 March 2018
