Private Equity
2 min read · 20 February 2017
Michael Sabia has been reappointed president and CEO of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. The renewed mandate, effective until March 2021, was approved by the pension fund's board and the Québec government. Sabia joined the Caisse in 2009 from BCE Inc, where he served as president and CEO. Based in Montréal, the Caisse oversees about $254.9 billion in net assets. It was recently ranked as one of the world's largest private equity investors.
2 min read · 16 February 2017
Boston-based Bedrock Data, a data integration platform for businesses, has named Ramon Chen to its board of advisors. Currently, Chen is the chief marketing officer and vice president of marketing and product management for Reltio. Bedrock Data’s backers include .406 Ventures.
2 min read · 15 February 2017
Passport, a provider of mobile payment technology for parking and transit, has hired Michael Scully as chief product officer. Previously, Scully worked at Virgin Mobile, Nokia, 2ergo/SoundBite (now part of Genesys) and Skookum. Passport's backers include Grotech Ventures, Relevance Capital and MK Capital.
3 min read · 14 February 2017
Xignite, a provider of market data cloud solutions for financial institutions and financial tech companies, has hired Mark Rowe as chief financial officer. Previously, Rowe was interim CFO and vice president of finance and operations at 3D Robotics. And prior to that, he worked at Microsoft for over ten years in several finance leadership positions. Xignite's backers include StarVest Partners, Altos Ventures and Startup Capital Ventures.
2 min read · 14 February 2017
Frazier Healthcare Partners has promoted Philip Zaorski to vice president and hired Ryan Lucero, also as vice president. Zaorski joined the the firm in 2012 as an associate while Lucero previously worked at Kohlberg and Company where he focused on leveraged buyout and growth equity investments.
2 min read · 14 February 2017
New York City and Israel-based Claroty, a provider of operational technology network protection, has named Dave DeWalt as board chairman. Recently, DeWalt served as executive chairman of FireEye. Claroty's backers include Red Dot Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Innovation Endeavors.
3 min read · 09 February 2017
Minneapolis-based Zubie, a connected car service, has appointed Gary Tucker as CEO. Previously, Tucker was CEO of DealerRater. Zubie is backed by Melody Capital Partners, OpenAir Equity Partners, Castrol innoVentures, Comporium, Nokia Growth Partners and Magna.
3 min read · 08 February 2017
C100, a Silicon Valley organization established to support Canadian entrepreneurs and startups, has hired Laura Buhler as its new executive director. Buhler succeeded interim Executive Director Terry Doyle, a technology executive who co-chairs the C100 alongside Andreesen Horowitz's Angela Strange. Buhler joined the C100 from Gilt.com, a Hudson's Bay Co affiliate, where she held a variety of executive roles. Prior to then, she was a project manager at the World Economic Forum and a consultant at McKinsey & Co.
2 min read · 08 February 2017
The National Venture Capital Association and Engine sent a letter to President Trump saying they were deeply troubled by his executive order banning citizens and refugees from seven countries and his draft proposal rolling back worker visas, including H-1B visas, and parole programs.
1 min read · 07 February 2017
