Private Equity
Battery Ventures has promoted Russell Fleischer to generate partner and Morad Elhafed to partner. Previously, Fleischer was a partner and before that, an executive-in-residence while Elhafed was a principal.
3 min read · 02 October 2015
If Jack Dorsey becomes permanent CEO of both Twitter Inc and mobile payments company Square, he could struggle with conflicts of interest in the business that is key to both companies' futures: e-commerce, Reuters News reported.
3 min read · 01 October 2015
Santa Monica, California-based uBeam, a wireless power company, has named Jeff Devine as COO and Monica Hushen as CFO. Most recently, Devine worked at Cisco where he served as vice president of supply chain management while Hushen oversaw finance for Palm’s global operations. UBeam's backers include Upfront Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Ludlow Ventures, Mark Cuban, Marissa Mayer and Tony Hsieh.
2 min read · 29 September 2015
Enterprise software provider OpenText has recruited a seasoned Canadian investment professional to lead its recently launched venture program. David Harris Kolada, whose experience includes his role as a partner at Jefferson Partners, was earlier this year hired as the company's vice president, venture capital.
2 min read · 29 September 2015
Hootsuite has tapped OpenText's principal accounting officer Sujeet Kini as its CFO, a source told Reuters, potentially moving the Canadian tech startup a step closer toward listing. Vancouver-based Hootsuite, a social media company, is widely regarded as being one of the most hotly anticipated Canadian tech IPOs in the offing.
2 min read · 29 September 2015
Point Judith Capital has appointed Matt Hayes as an associate. In his new role, Hayes will focus on identifying investment opportunites in emerging tech startups. Previously, Hayes worked at Teespring.com where he was on the founding team.
2 min read · 29 September 2015
Santa Monica, California-based video advertising company VideoAmp has named Amy McGovern as vice president of strategic sales. Previously, McGovern worked at Fox Networks Group where she served as vice president of digital video ad sales. VideoAmp's backers include Anthem Venture Partners, Simon Equity Partners, Third Wave Capital, Wavemaker Partners and ZenShin Capital.
3 min read · 28 September 2015
Aeglea BioTherapeutics Inc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on treating tumor metabolism, has promoted Charles N. York to chief financial officer. Previously, York was the company's vice president of finance and accounting. He first joined Aeglea in 2013, acting intially as a consultant before becoming a full-time employee during the summer of 2014. Aeglea's backers include Lilly Ventures, Novartis Venture Fund, UT Horizon Fund, OrbiMed, Jennison Associates (on behalf of clients), Venrock, RA Capital Management, Rock Springs Capital, Ally Bridge Group and Cowen Investments.
3 min read · 28 September 2015
Lime Connect, a not-for-profit company focused on the disability talent sector, has named Scott Sandell as a special advisor. Sandell is a managing partner at New Enterprise Associates.
2 min read · 24 September 2015
Hardware Club, a global scaling platform for hardware startups, has named Pascal Cagni as its chairman. Cagni is Apple's former general manager and vice president of Europe, Middle East, India and Africa. He is also the founder of C4 Ventures. In addition to Cagni's appointment, Hardware Club has also named Sonny Vu and Jeff Burton to its board of advisors.
4 min read · 23 September 2015
