Private Equity
Aliso Viejo, California-based BrainChip Holdings Ltd, a provider of spiking neuron adaptive processor technology, has named Louis DiNardo as CEO. His appointment becomes effective September 29, 2016. He is a former president and CEO of Exar Corp. Also, he is an ex-partner at Crosslink Capital and a former managing director at Vantage Point Venture Partners.
3 min read · 04 October 2016
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has appointed Jeff Kehoe as enforcement director, effective October 11th. Kehoe was formerly a managing partner and general counsel at Difference Capital Financial, a Canadian specialty finance firm. He currently chairs the Ontario Capital Growth Corp, a government agency that oversees the Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund and provincial interests in Ontario Venture Capital Fund and Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund.
2 min read · 04 October 2016
Ignition Partners has hired Preeti Rathi as a principal. Previously, Rathi worked at Opus Capital where she served as a principal.
2 min read · 30 September 2016
Canaan Partners has promoted Brendan Dickinson to partner and Michael Gilroy to principal, according to a blog post. Both Dickinson and Gilroy work in the firm's tech practice and are based in the New York office. And, in a separate blog post, the firm has been making changes in its healthcare practice as well by promoting Julie Papanek to partner and Colleen Cuffaro to principal. Papanek is based in Menlo Park and San Francisco, California while Cuffaro is in Westport, Connecticut.
1 min read · 30 September 2016
Emergence Capital has promoted Joe Floyd to partner and Jake Saper to principal. Plus, the venture firm has hired Kara Egan as a senior associate.
3 min read · 30 September 2016
Canadian specialty finance firm Wellington Financial has endowed a University of Toronto scholarship in honour of Joseph Rotman. The firm and the Rotman School of Management established the "Wellington Financial LP Award in Technology Evaluation & Analysis" to help students gain "a better understanding about how to analyze innovation companies" and encourage careers in venture capital, Wellington President and CEO Mark McQueen said. Rotman, who passed away last year, founded Clairvest Group and played a role in launching Wellington.
3 min read · 29 September 2016
TCV has promoted Kapil Venkatachalam and John Doran to general partner. Venkatachalam joined the firm as an associate in 2006 while Doran came on board as a principal in 2012.
2 min read · 28 September 2016
Parag Sheth is joining the Maryland Venture Fund as a director and chief marketing officer. Previously, Sheth worked at Radius Worldwide.
2 min read · 26 September 2016
New York City-based Truveris, a provider of prescription drug ecosystem solutions, has named Faisal Mushtaq as CEO. Previously, Mushtaq worked at Allscripts where he served as senior vice president and general manager of payer life sciences. Truveris is backed by Canaan Partners, New Leaf Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, New Atlantic Ventures and First Round Capital.
3 min read · 23 September 2016
Silicon Valley-based Yummly, a platform for personalized recipes and cooking resources, has hired Tom Borsellino as head of sales. Previously, he worked at Houzz where he was director of brand advertising sales. Yummly's backers include Bauer Venture Partners, Physic Ventures, Unilever Corporate Ventures, First Round Capital, Harrison Metal Capital and Intel Capital.
3 min read · 22 September 2016
