Private Equity
Sunil Sharma has joined Techstars as managing director of the U.S. technology accelerator’s new program in Toronto. Earlier in 2017, Boulder, Colorado-based Techstars agreed to partner with Real Ventures in establishing a permanent presence in Toronto, giving the firm access to startup opportunities in the Toronto-Waterloo corridor. Sharma joins the organization from Extreme Venture Partners (EVP), a Canadian early-stage venture capital firm, where he served as managing partner of the accelerator program. Techstars Toronto's first class will run in 2018.
3 min read · 18 August 2017
Vivek Ladsarija has joined SineWave Ventures as a partner, he announced in a blog post. Previously, he worked at Fenox VC. Based in Washington, D.C., SineWave is an early-stage venture firm that backs promising technologies that can be used by the firm's commercial and public sector partners.
1 min read · 11 August 2017
Brisbane, California-based Maverick Therapeutics Inc., an immuno-oncology company, has appointed James S. Scibetta as CEO and a member of its board of directors. Previously, Scibetta worked at Pacira Pharmaceuticals where he served as the company’s president of global R&D, manufacturing and capacity expansion activities, as well as commercial and medical support activities. Maverick Therapeutics is backed by MPM Capital.
3 min read · 11 August 2017
San Francisco-based ForgeRock, a open platform provider of digital identity management solutions, has named Steve White as chief security offer. Previously, White worked at Sonos. ForgeRock is backed by Accel Partners, Foundation Capital and Meritech Capital.
3 min read · 11 August 2017
San Francisco-based StreamSets, a provider of enterprise data operations platform, has named Shekhar Iyer as president. Iyer is a former executive at Couchbase, SAP and Informatica. StreamSets' backers include Accel Partners, Battery Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.
3 min read · 11 August 2017
Mamoon Hamid, an investor in Box, Slack and Yammer, is joining the venture team at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a general partner, the firm announced. Hamid was most recently general partner at Social Capital, which he co-founded nearly six years ago, and before that was a partner at U.S. Venture Partners.
1 min read · 03 August 2017
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp said July 31 that it named Andrew Olson as its chief financial officer effective Aug. 10. Olson also serves as chief financial officer of TriplePoint Capital LLC, TPVG’s sponsor.
3 min read · 01 August 2017
Leadpages, a creator of software for digital marketers that helps them develop and expand relationships with customers, has promoted John Tedesco from chief operating officer to CEO. His appointment becomes effective August 1. Tedesco will succeed Clay Collins, who will transition to board chairman. Leadpages is backed by the Foundry Group, Drive Capital and Arthur Ventures.
3 min read · 28 July 2017
Perfecto, a provider of a cloud-based platform for web, mobile and internet of things app testing, has named Michael Carus as chief financial officer. Carus is the former general partner, chief operations officer and CFO of Jerusalem Venture Partners. Perfecto is backed by Technology Crossover Ventures, FTV Capital, Carmel Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners and Vertex Ventures.
2 min read · 26 July 2017
Target Partners has hired Jan Wolter as a venture partner. Previously, Wolter worked at Applause where he served as managing director for Europe.
2 min read · 25 July 2017
