Private Equity
Late-stage investor IVP announced it has promoted Tom Loverro to principal. He joined IVP in April 2015 as vice president from RRE Ventures, where he was a principal. Loverro, who focuses on consumer and enterprise companies, serves on the board of NerdWallet and works with IVP's investments in Giphy, GitHub, OnDeck and Tanium.
1 min read · 17 January 2017
Annapolis, Maryland-based Vixiar Medical Inc, a developer of devices and systems for monitoring cardiopulmonary diseases, has named Kevin Thibodeau as CEO. Previously, Thibodeau worked at Vapotherm Inc. Vixiar Medical is backed by VIC Technology Venture Development.
3 min read · 16 January 2017
Boulder, Colorado-based Crestone Capital LLC, a wealth management and investment advisory firm, has named Hull K. McKinnon as its new chief financial officer and partner. Prior to joining Crestone, McKinnon worked at venture firm Altira Group where he was a general partner and a previous CFO.
2 min read · 16 January 2017
Madrona Venture Group, an early-stage venture capital firm, has named S. Somasegar as managing director. Somasegar joined the firm in November 2015 as a venture partner.
3 min read · 12 January 2017
Montréal waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals producer Enerkem Inc has appointed Dominique Boies as executive vice-president and CFO. Boies formerly served as senior vice-president private equity, funds group and portfolio strategy, at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. After working at Caisse for five years, he joined Canadian retail company Rona Inc in 2011 as executive vice-president and CFO. Founded in 2000, Enerkem is backed by several venture capital firms, including Canada's Cycle Capital Management, Fondaction CSN and Fonds de solidarité FTQ.
2 min read · 11 January 2017
Former LP and longtime GP Elise Hebb has joined Seattle-based Maveron as partner and chief operating officer. At Maveron, Hebb will lead the firm’s fundraising, investor relations and marketing efforts. She also will oversee Maveron’s administrative and finance teams. Prior to joining Maveron, Hebb served for 10 years as director of investor relations and business development at Madrona Venture Group, a Seattle venture firm. Prior to that, Hebb was head of private capital investments for the University of Washington endowment.
1 min read · 11 January 2017
Zetta Venture Partners, which in October closed on $100 million for its second fund, added Jocelyn Goldfein as a partner. Before joining the San Francisco-based firm, Goldfein was an angel investor, backing Simppler and SigOpt, among others, according to her AngetList profile. She also was an engineering executive at such companies as Facebook and VMware.
1 min read · 10 January 2017
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP, a law firm for venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, has promoted six associates to partners. The appointments became effective January 1, 2017. Among those upped to partners were Nevin Fox, who works in corporate and securities in the Boston office; Katherine Gardner, who works in intellectual property in the New York office; and Christi Niehans, who works in fund formation and corporate and securities in the Silicon Valley office.
4 min read · 10 January 2017
Bain Capital Ventures has hired Yumin Choi as a managing director leading the firm's healthcare investments. Previously, Choi worked at HLM Venture Partners where he specialized in healthcare investments.
3 min read · 10 January 2017
Crosslink Ventures said it promoted Omar El-Ayat to partner and named Matt Bigge as a partner.
1 min read · 10 January 2017
