Private Equity
Canadian venture capital firm Pangaea Ventures has expanded its investment team, hiring Janelle Goulard as director of health investment. Goulard joins the firm after spending eight years in strategic and operations healthcare consulting, including as a senior consultant at GE Healthcare, and in the venture capital industry. Pangaea also promoted Sarah Applebaum to director of Pangaea Spark, the firm's seed program, and Matthew Cohen to director of technology. Vancouver-based Pangaea, which specializes in advanced-materials investing, last month raised about half of the $105 million targeted for its fourth fund.
3 min read · 07 February 2017
Anges Québec Capital (AQC) has promoted Kalthoum Bouacida to vice president of investment. In this new role, Bouacida will support the growth of portfolio companies and supervise the preparation of investments. Prior to joining AQC in 2015, Bouacida participated in a number of European Investment Bank venture capital and development funds. She also launched a Tunisian technology fund. AQC was created in 2012 to invest alongside members of Anges Québec, a Montréal-based angel network. Its fund was recapitalized in 2015.
2 min read · 06 February 2017
Cambridge Innovation Capital has hired Dr. Michael Anstey as an investment director focusing on healthcare investments. Previously, Anstey worked at the Boston Consulting Group's Toronto office where he was a principal in the healthcare practice.
3 min read · 06 February 2017
Manhattan Venture Partners has named Rashaun Williams as a general partner of the MVP All-Star Fund. Williams is a former founding partner of Queensbridge Venture Partners.
2 min read · 03 February 2017
New York City-based venture firm Thrive Capital, has named Josh Miller, the former digital product director under President Obama, as an entrepreneur-in-residence, according to the New York Times.
1 min read · 03 February 2017
Osage University Partners has promoted John Lee to principal. Lee first joined the Philadelphia-based venture firm in 2012. Prior to joining Osage, Lee worked at Lux Capital and Asia conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra's investment arm.
2 min read · 02 February 2017
Felicis Ventures has named Aamir Virani as a partner, according to a blog post.
1 min read · 02 February 2017
Sequoia Capital has shuffled its leadership again, with partner Jim Goetz handing his management responsibilities to colleagues Roelof Botha and Alfred Lin, according to news reports on TechCrunch and elsewhere.
1 min read · 01 February 2017
Canadian early-stage venture capital firm iNovia Capital has hired two technology entrepreneurs to increase its presence in California's Bay area and Silicon Valley. Scott Munro and Todd Simpson have both assumed the role of venture partner and will help iNovia accelerate portfolio growth and build strategic relationships in the region. Prior to joining the firm, Munro led mid-market investment bank Pagemill Partners for 14 years. Before then, he was CEO of Savoir Technology Group. Simpson, originally from Calgary, was formerly CSO at AVG Technologies and chief of innovation at Mozilla.
3 min read · 01 February 2017
Canadian early-stage venture capital firm Version One Ventures has promoted Angela Tran Kingyens to the role of principal. The announcement was made by Boris Wertz, the firm's founder. Kingyens joined Version One as an analyst in August 2013. She was previously a partner at Insight Data Science, a Y Combinator-backed startup that helps PhD graduates transition from academic research to careers in industry. Kingyens operates from Version One's office in Silicon Valley, where she sources deals, manages portfolio companies and develops networks. PE Hub Canada interviewed Wertz in December.
3 min read · 01 February 2017
