Private Equity
Westlake Village, California-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, which is focused on medical dermatology and aesthetics, has hired Richard Peterson as chief financial officer. Previously, Peterson worked at Novan Inc where he served as CFO. Sienna backers included ARCH Venture Partners, Partner Fund Management, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Venvest Capital and Two River.
3 min read · 24 March 2017
Bill Geary has joined the advisory council at Harvard Medical School's Department of Biomedical Informatics. Geary is a general partner and co-founder of Flare Capital Partners. Prior to that, he worked at North Bridge Venture Partners and was a partner at Hambro International Equity Partners.
2 min read · 24 March 2017
Seattle-based Avalara Inc, a provider of tax compliance automation for businesses, has named Tony Susak as general manager for its communications business. Previously, Susak worked at AT&T where he served as the tax director. Avalara’s backers include Sageview Capital, Battery Ventures, Warburg Pincus, Technology Crossover Ventures and Arthur Ventures.
3 min read · 23 March 2017
Osage University Partners has promoted Dr. Manny Stockman to senior associate on the tech investment team. Also, the venture firm has hired Dr. Anurag Agarwal on its life science investment team.
2 min read · 22 March 2017
Revolution LLC has named J.D. Vance as a partner. Vance is the author of "Hillbilly Elegy." In addition to his new appointment, Vance will "remain engaged" at Mithril Capital Management.
3 min read · 22 March 2017
Oakmont, Pennsylvania-based Cerêve Inc, a maker of insomnia therapy, has named Donald J. Spence as president and CEO. Previously, Spence was group president of sleep and home respiratory and then later CEO of Philips Home Healthcare for Philips Respironics. Cerêve is backed by KKR, Arboretum Ventures, Versant Ventures and Partner Ventures.
3 min read · 21 March 2017
H.I.G. Capital said March 20 that Daniel Nader has joined as a Principal of the H.I.G. Latin America team. Prior to H.I.G., Nader was a partner of GP Investments Real Estate.
3 min read · 21 March 2017
Madrona Venture Group has hired Maria Karaivanova as a principal and Alice Ryder as director of investor relations and business development. Previously, Karaivanova worked at Cloudflare where she served as head of business development while Ryder was vice president of investor relations at King Digital Entertainment.
4 min read · 20 March 2017
Irvine California-based Ten-X, an online real estate transaction marketplace, has named Steve Jacobs as general manager of Ten-X Commercial. Prior to joining Tex-X, Jacobs was managing director at CWCapital. Ten-X's backers include CapitalG and Stone Point Capital.
4 min read · 15 March 2017
Align Technology Inc, a maker of dental treatment options for adults and teens, has named Susan E. Siegel to its board of directors. Siegel is CEO of GE Ventures. Previously, she worked at Mohr Davidow Ventures where she served as a general partner.
2 min read · 15 March 2017
