Private Equity
Uber executive Andrew Chen is joining Andreesen Horowitz as a general partner, according to his blog post on the venture firm's site. Chen was in charge of Uber's rider growth team.
1 min read · 15 February 2018
Bain Capital Ventures has named Adam Levin as a partner in Boston. Previously, Levin worked at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors in Los Angeles where he was a vice president in growth private equity.
2 min read · 15 February 2018
New York and London-based Currencycloud, a cross-border payments platform, has appointed Richard Arundel as general manager of Currencycloud North America. Arundel is a founding member of Currencycloud. Currencycloud's backers include GV, Sapphire Ventures and Rakuten.
2 min read · 14 February 2018
Wildcat Venture Partners has hired Jennifer Trzepacz as chief people officer and operating partner. Previously, she was executive vice president at Rocket Fuel.
2 min read · 14 February 2018
Indianapolis-based High Alpha, a venture studio, has named Robin Fleming as entrepreneur-in-residence. Previously, Fleming was senior vice president of technology at Angie's List.
2 min read · 14 February 2018
Silicon Valley-based SiFive, a provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, has named Shiva Natarajan as chief financial officer. Previously, he worked A10 Networks where he served as vice president of finance. SiFive is backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, Spark Capital and Osage University Partners.
2 min read · 14 February 2018
Canadian venture capital firm Portag3 Ventures has appointed Stephan Klee as chief financial officer. Klee, who has 15 years of experience as a CFO and chief of staff at various companies, joins Portag3 after serving with Zenbanx Holding Inc and remaining in an executive capacity following Zenbanx's merger last year with SoFi Inc. Portag3 invests in financial technology startups on behalf of Power Corp's Power Financial Corp, IGM Financial Inc and Great-West Lifeco Inc. In 2016, PE Hub Canada interviewed Portag3 President and Managing Partner Adam Felesky.
3 min read · 12 February 2018
Mary Grove has been named a partner at Revolution's Rise of the Rest with a spring start date, according to a blog post.
1 min read · 09 February 2018
White Star Capital has promoted Lylan Masterman to general partner. Masterman, who joined White Star as a principal in 2014, will lead the firm's office in New York City and drive investments in the area. He will also continue to build White Star's networks in Silicon Valley and Asia on behalf of portfolio companies. Masterman's technology executive and venture capital background includes his on-going role as a fellow at Kauffman Fellows. Operating from London, New York, Montréal, Paris and Tokyo, White Star is an investor in early-stage technology companies.
3 min read · 07 February 2018
Liza Landsman is joining New Enterprise Ventures as a venture partner. Her appointment begins in the early spring. Currently, Landsman is president of Jet.com.
3 min read · 07 February 2018
