Private Equity
Montréal-based seed investor TandemLaunch is unique in North America’s venture community. Founded by General Partner Helge Seetzen in 2010, the firm builds synthetic companies that respond to emerging tech trends. The result of its mammoth efforts is a portfolio of fascinating Canadian startups. In May, TandemLaunch initially closed its third seed fund at $12 million. PE Hub Canada sat down with Seetzen to talk about the fund, TandemLaunch’s investment strategy, and its portfolio.
3 min read · 12 June 2016
Montréal-based seed investor TandemLaunch is unique in North America’s venture community. Founded by General Partner Helge Seetzen in 2010, the firm builds synthetic companies that respond to emerging tech trends. The result of its mammoth efforts is a portfolio of fascinating Canadian startups. In May, TandemLaunch initially closed its third seed fund at $12 million. PE Hub Canada sat down with Seetzen to talk about the fund, TandemLaunch’s investment strategy, and its portfolio.
3 min read · 12 June 2016
Shermaine Tilley, a managing partner at CTI Life Sciences Fund, has been nominated to serve on the board of Immunovaccine Inc (TSX: IMV), a Halifax-based developer of cancer immunotherapies and infectious disease vaccines. Tilley joined CTI, a Montréal-based venture capital firm, at its inception in 2006. She was previously a senior vice president at Canadian private equity firm DRI Capital. CTI was an investor in the $127 million Series B financing raised by DalCor Pharmaceuticals in April.
6 min read · 10 June 2016
The venture capital industry lost one of its fathers. Tom Perkins, who co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1972, died Tuesday, June 9, according to published reports. He was 84.
3 min read · 10 June 2016
The venture capital industry lost one of its fathers. Tom Perkins, who co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1972, died Tuesday, June 9, according to published reports. He was 84.
3 min read · 10 June 2016
Privately held cybersecurity software maker Tenable Network Security Inc said its chief executive Ron Gula, who co-founded the company in 2002, has stepped down, Reuters previously reported.
1 min read · 09 June 2016
San Francisco-based Sunverge Energy, a provider of intelligent storage and distributed energy resource management, has hired Clinton Davis as senior vice president of product and program management. Prior to joining Sunverge, Davis worked at ABB where he most recently served as vice president of generation and renewable industry solutions. Sunverge's backers include Siemens Venture Capital and Total Energy Ventures International.
2 min read · 09 June 2016
San Francisco-based Sunverge Energy, a provider of intelligent storage and distributed energy resource management, has hired Clinton Davis as senior vice president of product and program management. Prior to joining Sunverge, Davis worked at ABB where he most recently served as vice president of generation and renewable industry solutions. Sunverge's backers include Siemens Venture Capital and Total Energy Ventures International.
2 min read · 09 June 2016
Chicago-based marketing technology company Signal has appointed Jai Shekhawat to its board of directors. Shekhawat is the founder and former CEO of Fieldglass. Signal's backers include I2A, Pritzker Group Ventures, Baird Capital, EPIC Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.
3 min read · 09 June 2016
Chicago-based marketing technology company Signal has appointed Jai Shekhawat to its board of directors. Shekhawat is the founder and former CEO of Fieldglass. Signal's backers include I2A, Pritzker Group Ventures, Baird Capital, EPIC Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.
3 min read · 09 June 2016
