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McJannet joins Greylock as EIR

Greylock Partners announced in a blog post that enterprise software veteran Dave McJannet has joined the firm as an executive-in-residence.

Norwest promotes de Clercq, Harris and others

Norwest Venture Partners announced on its blog that it has promoted Casper de Clercq and Ryan Harris each to general partner and Ran Ding, Jared Hyatt, Conrad Shang and Ed Yip to vice presidents.

Bullpen Capital appoints Wiesen as GP

Bullpen Capital has hired Eric Wiesen as a general partner. Previously, Wiesen worked at RRE Ventures where he was a general partner.

Revolution Growth appoints four as VPs

Revolution Growth has named Kristin Gunther, Ashley Larson and Chris Hughes as vice president. Also, the Washington, D.C.-based venture firm has promoted Meredith Balenske to vice president of communications. Gunther and Larson's appointments became effective November 30, 2015 while Hughes will come on board on January 11, 2016.

Greycroft raises $200 mln fourth fund

Greycroft Partners has closed a fourth early stage fund at $200 million, the firm announced on its website.

Need to meet: Neal Hill, vice president, BDC Capital Fund of Funds

BDC Capital Fund of Funds played an essential role in this year’s revival of venture fundraising in Canada. For the group’s head, BDC Vice President Neal Hill, that’s just the beginning. BDC’s funds group plans to increase its annual commitments to $100 million or greater, with a portion of the money earmarked for larger-sized Canadian venture capital funds.

Lefkofsky returns to Lightbank as managing partner

Groupon Chairman and Co-founder Eric Lefkofsky has returned to his position of Managing Partner at Lightbank. Lefkofsky is a co-founder of Lightbank, a Chicago VC firm that he launched in 2010.

Agility Fuel Systems taps ex-KPCB exec as CEO

Santa Ana, California-based Agility Fuel Systems, a maker of natural gas fuel systems for heavy duty vehicles in North America, has named Kathleen Ligocki as CEO. The appointment becomes effective December 3. Ligocki is a former operating partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

VC-backed 500px taps Thompson for marketplace head

Toronto-based photo community and marketplace 500px has hired Kelly Thompson as head of marketplace. Thompson is the former chief operating officer of iStock by Getty Images. Earlier this year, 500px secured $13 million in Series B funding from Visual China Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Harrison Metal and ff Venture Capital.

VC-backed photo community 500px taps Thompson for marketplace head

Toronto-based photo community and marketplace 500px has hired Kelly Thompson as head of marketplace. Thompson is the former chief operating officer of iStock by Getty Images. The company’s backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Harrison Metal, ff Venture Capital and Visual China Group.