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Ballistic Ventures names Blasco and Heilman advisers

Cybersecurity specialist Ballistic Ventures, which is in market seeking to raise $300 million for its sophomore fund, has named Jaime Blasco and Marshall Heilman as threat intelligence advisers.

SYN Ventures taps ex-SAP exec McKnight as operating partner

McKnight is a former executive vice president and chief security officer at SAP.

Ex-NEA partner Makower joins Sofinnova Partners as venture partner

Makower, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, previously served as a partner for New Enterprise Associates for more than 28 years.

Frazier Life Sciences appoints Lin Mu as senior associate

Mu was previously a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group's healthcare practice.

Claure returns to Open Opportunity Fund as vice chair and GP

Claure has also joined with Open Opportunity Fund chairman Paul Judge to acquire an ownership stake in the $100m Opportunity Fund 1 portfolio from SoftBank.

MaRS Discovery District taps BDC Capital's Alison Nankivell as CEO

Nankivell will replace the current MaRS CEO, Yung Wu, who is departing at the end of this month.

Young joins Amadeus Capital Partners as venture partner

In this role, Young will support the team in identifying and assessing promising investment opportunities and advise portfolio companies as they scale and commercialize.

Next Round Capital taps Yarbrough as director of research

Yarbrough will lead the firm’s development of in-depth research in technology.

AI-focused Link Ventures adds Fachler as principal

Fachler will manage investment out of the firm's third fund, which closed on $150m earlier this year.