Private Equity
Phil Fernandez, co-founder and former CEO of Marketo, has joined Shasta Ventures as a venture partner, according to a blog post.
1 min read · 24 January 2017
Amplify Partners, an early-stage venture firm, has promoted David Beyer to partner. Also, the firm has hired Lenny Pruss as a partner and Ted Stinson and Dr. Evan Sparks as executives in residence. Beyer joined Amplify in 2013 and previously, Pruss was a principal at Redpoint Ventures. And, Stinson was in charge of all business operations at tCell while Sparks is a recent computer science graduate from UC Berkeley's AMPLab.
4 min read · 23 January 2017
San Francisco-based Boku, a direct carrier billing mobile payments company, has named Gillian Davies as chief financial officer. Her appointment becomes effective immediately. Previously, Davies worked at Banner Management Communications, which is part of the Adare Group. There she served as interim finance director. Boku's backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.
2 min read · 23 January 2017
Accel announced it has promoted London-based Luciana Lixandru to partner. Previously a principal at the firm, she will continue to focus on investments in consumer Internet, marketplace and software companies. The firm credited her for her role in its investments in online food delivery platform Deliveroo, online auction house Catawiki, and mobile second-hand marketplace Wallapop. She also led the investment in Selency, the online destination for pre-loved furniture and home décor.
1 min read · 20 January 2017
Time Warner Investments, which targets new opportunities in early to mid-stage companies that "generate strategic value for Time Warner's businesses," has named Allison Goldberg as senior vice president. Goldberg will replace Rachel Lam who will be leaving the company this spring. Most recently, Goldberg was vice president and managing director of Time Warner Investments. She joined Time Warner in 2001.
3 min read · 19 January 2017
Princeton, N.J.-based Edison Partners announced the promotions of Tom Vander Schaaff to general partner and David Nevas to partner. The growth-stage investor said the moves come on the heels of a highly active 2016, in which the firm oversaw 12 investments and eight exits.
1 min read · 19 January 2017
Voyager Capital, which focuses on early-stage tech deals in the Pacific Northwest and California, announced that James Newell has joined the firm as a partner. Previously, Newell was with late-stage investor IVP, where he worked with portfolio companies Casper, DoubleVerify, General Assembly, Sauce Labs and Zerto. Before that, Newell was an associate with Maveron, a consumer-focused venture firm with offices in Seattle and San Francisco. He also spent time at the technology investment banking group of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
1 min read · 19 January 2017
Indianapolis-based High Alpha, a venture studio, has named Scott McCorkle as an executive-in-residence. Previously, McCorkle was CEO of Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
2 min read · 18 January 2017
Canadian software growth equity firm Klass Capital has hired Dave Vu as talent acquisition manager. Vu will join the firm's talent team, headed by Jared Tessis. He will work closely with portfolio companies, providing them with recruitment and talent acquisition services. Prior to joining Klass, Vu served as the head of talent acquisition at EventMobi. Toronto-based Klass is led by Founder and Managing Director Daniel Klass. Its portfolio companies include Resolver, a risk and incident management software provider acquired by Klass in 2015.
3 min read · 17 January 2017
Comcast Ventures has hired Kai Bond as a principal to lead New York City-based Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund, which is focused on early-stage startups led by minority entrepreneurs. Previously, Bond worked at Samsung Accelerator where he served as the general manager.
2 min read · 17 January 2017
