Private Equity
Michelle Peluso has rejoined Technology Crossover Ventures as a venture partner in the firm’s New York office. Peluso is the former CEO of Gilt, which was sold to HBC in February of 2016.
3 min read · 05 May 2016
Michelle Peluso has rejoined Technology Crossover Ventures as a venture partner in the firm’s New York office. Peluso is the former CEO of Gilt, which was sold to HBC in February of 2016.
3 min read · 05 May 2016
Axios Mobile Assets Corp, a smart supply chain logistics provider, has appointed John Albright as chairman of its board of directors. Albright, a co-founder and managing partner of Canadian venture capital firm Relay Ventures, replaces Osama Arafat, who resigned. Relay led a $14 million financing of Mississauga, Ont.-based Axios in December. Albright discussed the deal in an interview with PE Hub Canada last month.
6 min read · 03 May 2016
Canadian investment and merchant banking firm Pinetree Capital has appointed Peter Tolnai as its new chief executive. Based in Toronto, Tolnai is a venture capital investment professional with nearly three decades of market experience. He is the founder and owner of Orchard Capital, and previously held senior executive positions at Clairvest Group and Helix Investments. Pinetree, which invests in energy, precious metals and technology companies, was for many years led by Sheldon Inwentash. Inwentash resigned as Chairman and CEO last year.
4 min read · 02 May 2016
Foundation Capital, which late last year raised $325 million for its eighth fund, said that COO Gene Trainor is leaving the firm, according to a blog post. The post, by General Partner Paul Holland, said that Trainor plans to take time off to travel with his wife and then earn his master’s degree in education with the aim of eventually teaching math, full time, to at-risk middle school students in the city.
1 min read · 30 April 2016
Canadian venture capital firm iNovia Capital has expanded its presence in the Toronto-Waterloo corridor with the hire of Sarah Marion as an analyst. Working from the firm's office in Waterloo, Marion will be responsible for tracking startup activity in the Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto ecosystems. Marion was previously a senior researcher at the Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises. Montréal-based iNovia Capital earlier this year raised $175 million in the final close of its fourth fund.
4 min read · 21 April 2016
Canadian venture capital firm iNovia Capital has expanded its presence in the Toronto-Waterloo corridor with the hire of Sarah Marion as an analyst. Working from the firm's office in Waterloo, Marion will be responsible for tracking startup activity in the Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto ecosystems. Marion was previously a senior researcher at the Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises. Montréal-based iNovia Capital earlier this year raised $175 million in the final close of its fourth fund.
4 min read · 21 April 2016
Silicon Valley veteran Bill Campbell, who advised tech leaders including Apple's Steve Jobs and Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, has died, technology website Re/code reported on Monday.
1 min read · 18 April 2016
Adams Street Partners, the Chicago private-markets investment firm managing more than $27 billion of assets, effective June 1 named Brijesh Jeevarathnam a partner, co-head of global venture fund investments, and a member of its Primary Investment Team. Jeevarathnam, who joins Adams Street at its Menlo Park, California, office, previously was managing director and co-head of global venture capital and global emerging markets at Commonfund, the Wilton, Connecticut, asset manager.
2 min read · 18 April 2016
Versant Ventures said it promoted Jerel Davis to Managing Director and Carlo Rizzuto to Partner. The firm also hired Luca Santarelli as Venture Partner.
5 min read · 13 April 2016
