Private Equity
Spoonflower, a provider on-demand digital printing of custom fabric, wallpaper and gift wrapping, has named Donnie Steele as chief revenue officer. He was the president and chief marketing officer of SmartPak Equine. Spoonflower's backers include Guidepost Growth Equity (formerly North Bridge Growth Equity) and Bull City Venture Partners.
3 min read · 13 October 2017
Scale Venture Partners has promoted Alexander Niehenke to partner, Susan Liu to principal and Jeremy Kauffmann to senior associate, according to a blog post. Niehenke joined the venture firm in 2013 while Liu came on board in 2012. Based in Foster City, California, ScaleVP invests in enterprise technology companies with a focus on SaaS and cloud infrastructure.
1 min read · 12 October 2017
New Enterprise Associates has named Ben Narasin as a venture partner. Previously, Narasin was a general partner at Canvas Ventures.
2 min read · 12 October 2017
Washington, D.C-based Strategic Cyber Ventures, a cybersecurity-focused venture firm, has appointed Sean Kanuck to its advisory board. Kanuck is an attorney and strategic consultant who advises governments, corporations and entrepreneurs on the future of information technology.
2 min read · 11 October 2017
Azitra, which is backed by Bios Partners and Breakout Labs, has named Richard Andrews as president and CEO. Previously, Andrews was CEO of Thrasos Therapeutics. Based in Farmington, Connecticut, Azitra is a focused on treating skin disease via microbiome.
3 min read · 10 October 2017
Watertown, Massachusetts-based Macrolide Pharmaceuticals, a developer of antibiotics for for drug-resistant, hospital-acquired infections, has appointed Christopher Viehbacher and Dr. Markus Goebel to its board of directors. Viehbacher is a managing partner at Gurnet Point Capital and chairman of Boston Pharmaceuticals while Goebel is a managing director at Novartis Venture Fund.
2 min read · 05 October 2017
New York City-based FirstMark Capital, an early-stage venture firm, has hired Catherine Ulrich as a managing director, according to a company announcement. Previously, she was chief product officer at Shutterstock.
1 min read · 05 October 2017
Sophie Forest, managing partner at Brightspark Ventures, has won the 2017 Canadian Angel of the Year Award, the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) announced. The award, which is sponsored by BDC Capital, recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the evolution of angel investing in Canada. Since joining Brightspark in 2003, Forest has led and managed more than 50 investments in technology companies. She played an especially key role in growing Radian6, acquired in 2011 by Salesforce for US$326 million. Prior to Brightspark, Forest was a partner at CDP Capital Technology Ventures.
4 min read · 05 October 2017
Hardware Club said it named Aymerik Renard as a general partner to focus on investments in North America.
1 min read · 05 October 2017
Canadian private-markets investor Northleaf Capital Partners said Jeff Lucassen has joined the firm as CFO and COO. Lucassen will lead corporate financial and operational activities from Northleaf's Toronto office. He previously served as a partner at U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group. He was also COO of Carlyle Liquid Markets, formerly known as Diversified Global Asset Management (DGAM). Lucassen co-founded DGAM in 2004 and served as the hedge fund's COO until it was acquired by Carlyle in 2014. Prior to then, he was the controller at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
2 min read · 04 October 2017
