Private Equity
Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of Canadian innovation hub MaRS Discovery District, will step down at the next annual general meeting in June 2017. Treurnicht, who headed Toronto-based MaRS for almost twelve years, said the organization is entering a next phase of growth and that it is the right time "for a new leader to take the helm.” MaRS' board has appointed a special committee to direct a search process for a new CEO. Treurnicht joined MaRS in 2005 after serving for over six years as CEO of Primaxis Technology Ventures, a Canadian venture capital firm.
3 min read · 08 June 2016
Partech Ventures has added two new general partners to its venture team. Reza Malekzadeh will join the firm's San Francisco's office while Emmanuel Delaveau has been tapped for the Paris staff.
4 min read · 08 June 2016
Centerview Capital Technology Management LP has named Dr. Buno Pati as a partner. Pati has been an adviser for the firm since 2014. He is the founder and former CEO of Numerical Technologies. He also helped launch Nexus Venture Partners.
3 min read · 08 June 2016
Centerview Capital Technology Management LP has named Dr. Buno Pati as a partner. Pati has been an adviser for the firm since 2014. He is the founder and former CEO of Numerical Technologies. He also helped launch Nexus Venture Partners.
3 min read · 08 June 2016
Accel has added Nir Blumberger to its investment team. Blumberger is an Accel venture partner and based in Tel Aviv. Previously, he worked as a Corporate Development executive at Facebook.
3 min read · 08 June 2016
Accel has added Nir Blumberger to its investment team. Blumberger is an Accel venture partner and based in Tel Aviv. Previously, he worked as a Corporate Development executive at Facebook.
3 min read · 08 June 2016
The Ontario government has appointed Alan Hibben to the board of trustees of OPTrust, which invests and manages $18.4 billion of assets on behalf of OPSEU Pension Plan. Hibben has over more than three decades served in a number of senior executive roles in the financial industry. They include his role as head of RBC Capital Partners, the private equity and venture capital investment arm of the Royal Bank of Canada. Hibben was the group's CEO between 2000 and 2009.
2 min read · 06 June 2016
Israel-based medical device company Keystone Heart has appointed Chris Richardson as president and CEO. Previously, Richardson served as international president and CCO of Direct Flow Medical. Keystone Heart's backers include OrbiMed.
1 min read · 31 May 2016
EnerTech Capital has appointed Edward Jackson to the firm's advisory board. Jackson has served as a senior capital markets executive for about 30 years. Prior to his retirement at the end of 2015, he was managing director and co-head, investment funds, at RBC Capital Markets. EnerTech, an investor in energy and power sectors, has offices in Calgary, Toronto, Montréal and in the United States.
3 min read · 30 May 2016
Marcos Battisti appears to have left Intel Capital, according to his LinkedIn profile. Battisti was most recently a vice president managing the firm's investment activity in Western Europe and Israel, his profile says. He also was a long-time managing director. Battisti no longer is listed among staff on the Intel Capital website. Attempts to reach Battisti were unsuccessful. Intel Capital could not immediately be reached for comment.
1 min read · 25 May 2016
