Private Equity
San Francisco-based Syapse, a provider of precision medicine solutions, has named Dr. Aradhana Ghosh as vice president of oncology. Ghosh is a former medical oncologist at IBM Watson Health. Syapse's backers include Social Capital, Safeguard Scientifics, Ascension Ventures, GE Ventures, Intermountain Healthcare Innovation Fund, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Medidata Solutions, Roche Venture Fund and Amgen Ventures.
3 min read · 07 December 2017
NextWave Ventures has appointed Dr. Peter Curley as director of technology platforms. Previously, Curley was director and adviser for Imprimatur Capital.
3 min read · 06 December 2017
New Enterprise Associates has named Hilarie Koplow-McAdams as venture partner. Previously, Koplow-McAdams was the president at New Relic.
3 min read · 06 December 2017
Austin-based Multicoin Capital, a cryptofund that invests in blockchain tokens, has named Vinny Lingham as a general partner. Lingham is the co-founder and CEO of Civic, a blockchain tech company.
3 min read · 05 December 2017
FirstMark Capital has hired Beth Ferreira as a managing director, the New York City-based early-stage venture firm announced on its site. She is a former founding managing partner at WME Ventures and also worked with Flatiron Partners early in her career.
1 min read · 05 December 2017
Madison Reed, a hair color brand, has named David Stanko as vice president of technical design and education. Previously, Stanko worked at Redken 5th Avenue NYC, a L'Oreal division, where he was master colorist and brand ambassador. Madison Reed's backers include Comcast Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, True Ventures and Calibrate Ventures.
3 min read · 04 December 2017
Indianapolis and London-based Outpost Medicine, a biopharmaceutical company focused on treating urologic and gastrointestinal disorders, has named Dr. Ian Mills as chief medical officer. Previously, Mills worked at Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Europe where he was head of clinical development. Outpost Medicine is backed by Frazier Healthcare Partners, Adams Street Partners, Novo Holdings A/S, Vivo Capital and Takeda Ventures.
2 min read · 04 December 2017
SmartInvest Ventures has named Martin Hunt as a general partner. Hunt is the former chairman and CEO of an unidentified cable installation assembly company and founder of multiple startups.
3 min read · 30 November 2017
Oakland, California and India-based Globetouch, a provider of global connectivity services for the connected car and the internet of things, has named Alfredo de Cárdenas as chief operating officer. His work background includes serving as chief operating officer at Syniverse Technologies. Globetouch's backers include Hermes Growth Partners, Impact Venture Capital, Spark Telecom Ventures and Wholesale, Verizon Ventures, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, Digicel and NTT DoCoMo, 263 China and Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.
3 min read · 29 November 2017
VideoAmp, a software and data platform for TV and video advertisers, has named Luis Manrique as vice president of product. Previously, he worked at Google Programmatic Platforms where he was a leader of product and commercialization. VideoAmp's backers include Wavemaker Partners, Startup capital Ventures, Simon Equity Partners, GoAhead Ventures and Mediaocean, according to Crunchbase.
3 min read · 29 November 2017
