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Nexus Venture Partners adds Gupta to investment team

Nexus Venture Partners has added Ram Gupta to its operations and investment team. Gupta is the former president and CEO of Cast Iron Systems.

TechAccel hires one as chief science officer and another as chief administrative officer

TechAccel has appointed Dr. Brad Fabbri as chief science officer and Lyla Perrodin as chief administrative officer/chief-of-staff. Fabbri is a a former Monsanto Science Fellow while Perrodin is a former chief information officer of MRIGlobal.

Richard Glickman, Jacki Jenuth tapped as Lumira Capital partners

Canadian life sciences venture capital firm Lumira Capital announced several investment team promotions and hires. They included the promotion of Dr. Jacki Jenuth, a 16-year veteran of the firm, to partner. Dr. Richard Glickman, chairman and CEO of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc (Nasdaq: AUPH, TSX: AUP), a Lumira portfolio company, was also brought on as a partner. Additionally, Lumira promoted Dr. Lu Han to director, business development Asia Pacific, and hired Baye Galligan as an analyst. Lumira this week won a commitment for Lumira Capital IV from BC Tech Fund.

Kevin Rose to join True as venture partner

Kevin Rose will join True Ventures as a venture partner, according to a blog post.

IVP promotes Roseanne Wincek to principal

IVP announced it has promoted Roseanne Wincek to principal. Wincek currently serves as a board observer for MasterClass and works with such IVP investments as Compass, Glossier and Qubole. She joined IVP in 2015 from Canaan Partners, where she was a principal.

Kutcher's and Oseary's Sound Ventures taps Epstein as managing partner and COO

Los Angeles-based Sound Ventures, a venture firm founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary, has named Effie Epstein as managing partner and chief operating officer. Previously, Epstein was in charge of global strategy at Marsh, a division of financial services firm Marsh & McLennan.

VC-backed Borrowed & Blue adds Gray to board

Charlottesville, Virginia-based Borrowed & Blue, a wedding vendor marketplace, has appointed Jon Gray to its board of directors. Gray is the former chief revenue officer at HomeAway. Borrowed & Blue's backers include Foundry Group, Foxhaven Asset Management, Accomplice VC and Galvanize Ventures.

VC-backed Ayasdi recruits Griffin as CEO

Menlo Park, California-based Ayasdi, a provider of machine intelligence software, has appointed Robert Griffin as CEO. Griffin is the former general manager of IBM's Safer Planet and Smarter Cities division. Ayasdi is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, IVP, Khosla, CenterView Partners, Draper Nexus, Citi Ventures, GE Ventures and Floodgate Capital.

Next Coast Ventures taps Young as a venture partner

Next Coast Ventures has hired Zeynep Young as a venture partner. Young's work background includes serving as the founder and CEO of Double Line Partners and an associate principal at McKinsey & Company.

Relay Ventures goes west with hire of Irfhan Rawji as VP

Canadian mobile venture capital firm Relay Ventures has hired Irfhan Rawji as a venture partner. Rawji, who is based in Calgary, will help Relay develop its market presence in Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Before joining the firm, he had a 15-year career as a strategic consultant, investor, and public company senior executive responsible for M&A, strategy and investor relations. On the investment side, Rawji's experience included senior roles at Birch Hill Equity Partners and Onex Corp. Relay raised $200 million for its third mobile fund last November.