Private Equity
SV Health Investors has promoted Denise Marks to chief administrative partner from chief financial officer and Brent Faduski to chief financial officer from controller. Marks first joined the firm in 2003 while Faduski came on board in 2008.
2 min read · 16 January 2018
Kelly Graziadei, a longtime Facebook executive, has joined Foundation Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Graziadei held several leadership roles with Facebook for more than seven years, including a recent stint as director of media partnerships.
1 min read · 12 January 2018
Canadian clean technology venture capital firm Cycle Capital Management has promoted Pascal Drouin to the position of junior partner. Drouin joined Cycle as a principal in 2013. He previously served as a risk modeling leader at GE Capital and as a financial analyst at Multiple Capital. Based in Montréal, Cycle oversees $350 million in assets. Last month, it partnered in the first close of the Qingdao Chengtou Haisi Cycle Equity Investment Fund, which invests in growth-stage industrial technology companies in China, Canada and elsewhere in North America.
3 min read · 11 January 2018
1 min read · 10 January 2018
Raleigh, North Carolina-based Pendo, a creator of a product experience platform, has named Bill Binch as its first chief revenue officer. Binch is a former global sales executive at Marketo. Pendo is backed by Battery Ventures, Spark Capital and Meritech Capital.
3 min read · 10 January 2018
Cloudvirga, a developer of intelligent mortgage point-of-sale platforms, has named Sean McEvoy as chief customer officer. His work background includes roles at IBM, Quest Software (acquired by Dell in 2012) and FileNET. Cloudvirga’s backers include Dallas Capital, Upfront Ventures and Tribeca Angels.
2 min read · 09 January 2018
SV Health Investors has promoted Michael Balmuth to managing partner and Houman Ashrafian to partner. Balmuth joined SV in 2014 and previously worked at Edison Partners where he was a general partner and head of the firm’s healthcare information technology practice. Ashrafian joined SV in 2016.
3 min read · 08 January 2018
Silicon Valley-based Flex Logix Technologies, a provider of embedded FPGA IP and software, has named Valy Ossman as technical director of solutions architecture. Ossman is the former senior group director of FPGA prototyping platforms at Cadence. Ossman is backed by Lux Capital, Eclipse Ventures and The Tate Family Trust.
2 min read · 08 January 2018
Paul R. Pint, president of Toronto-based Sulliden Mining Capital, a venture firm focused on acquiring and investing in mining projects and companies, has resigned, effective immediately. Pint is leaving the firm to become president of Troilus Gold Corp; however, he will remain as adviser to Sulliden.
1 min read · 08 January 2018
Fantasy sports company FanDuel has named Andy Giancamilli as chief operating officer. In addition to his new role, Giancamilli will retain his chief financial officer position. Prior to joining FanDuel, Giancamilli worked at Toys R Us and McKinsey & Company. FanDuel is backed by from KKR, Google Capital, Time Warner/Turner Sports, Shamrock Capital, NBC Sports Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Pentech Ventures, Piton Capital and Bullpen Capital.
3 min read · 05 January 2018
