Private Equity
Calabasas, California-based Aligned TeleHealth Inc, a healthcare company that provides telemedicine solutions, has appointed Dan Castillo as president and chief operating officer. Previously, Castillo was CEO of LA County-USC Medical Center. Aligned TeleHealth is backed by SV Life Sciences
3 min read · 01 May 2017
San Francisco-based early stage firm Slow Ventures, which last year raised $145 million for its third fund, announced this week Rebecca Miller has joined the firm as vice president of brand and community. She previously was founder and chief executive of MartiniBird, an event planning agency. Before that, she was director of marketing at Trinity Ventures for three years.
1 min read · 28 April 2017
Chris Sacca, whose bets on Twitter and Uber brought him wide attention in venture circles, said he is giving up investing and his role on ABC’s Shark Tank.
2 min read · 26 April 2017
Finistere Ventures has added Gil Meron and Eyal Rosenthal as venture partners to its team. Both will focus on AgTech investments and partnerships in Israel. Previously, Meron worked as a general manager at Yarden Group while Rosenthal is a managing director in Infinity Equity Group.
3 min read · 26 April 2017
G20 Ventures has added Michael Troiano as a partner to its team. Previously, he worked at Actifio where he served as a chief marketing officer.
3 min read · 26 April 2017
Edison Partners has promoted Jordy Albert to senior associate. Albert has been with the firm since April 2015.
3 min read · 25 April 2017
LaunchCapital LLC, a seed-stage venture firm, has expanded its team with five new hires. Joining the company are Cliff Sirlin as managing director; Woody Benson as venture partner in Boston; Stefan Pepe as venture partner in New York City; Jason Gray as vice president of portfolio operations; and Alice Linnehan-Smith as controller. The firm is also increasing its investment in early-stage entrepreneurs.
4 min read · 25 April 2017
Maryanna Saenko has joined DFJ as a senior associate. She previously was an investment partner at Airbus Ventures, where she was responsible for leading early-stage deals in aerospace and deep technology companies, including Airmap, Leolabs and QC Ware. Prior to her role at Airbus, Saenkohas ran the autonomous systems group at Lux Research. DFJ Partner Steve Jurvetson wrote more about Saenkohas in a Medium blog post.
1 min read · 24 April 2017
Foresite Capital has hired Dr. Molly He as a venture partner. Dr. He is a former senior director at Illumina.
2 min read · 24 April 2017
The Foundry Group said it named Chris Moody as a partner, scheduled to start at the end of the summer.
1 min read · 20 April 2017
