Private Equity
Tom Kennedy has led Canadian alternative assets manager and advisor Kensington Capital Partners for nearly two decades according to a key principle: always put your own money up. Today, that principle is applied to Kensington's offer of fund and advisory services to institutional and individual clients, as well as its increasing focus on direct investment strategies.
3 min read · 18 June 2015
San Francisco-based Homebrew, which earlier this year raised $85 million in new funds to make early-stage and growth investments, announced it has hired Beth Scheer as its Head of Talent.
1 min read · 17 June 2015
Toronto-based Grenville Strategic Royalty Corp, a provider of royalty-based finance solutions, has hired Dr. Annie Thériault as a managing director. The appointment becomes effective June 21, 2015. Previously, Thériault worked at Export Development Canada where she served as senior investment manager of direct equity investments. She has also worked at Northwater Capital Management.
3 min read · 12 June 2015
Dr. Annie Thériault has joined the Toronto-based Grenville Strategic Royalty Corp as a managing director. Thériault was previously a senior investment manager responsible for direct equity investments at Export Development Canada. Between 2010 and 2014, she served as a vice president at Canadian venture capital firm Northwater Capital Management. Grenville said Thériault will be a principal investor and senior team member who will help the firm grow its portfolio of royalty investments.
7 min read · 12 June 2015
Greylock Partners announced that Sarah Tavel will join the firm as an investment partner beginning Aug. 31.
1 min read · 11 June 2015
Menlo Ventures has brought on former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers General Partner Matt Murphy as its seventh managing director, preparing the firm for a generational transition at the end of its present fund.
2 min read · 11 June 2015
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based RapidMiner, a predictive analytics platform provider, has named Peter Y. Lee as president and CEO. Lee was the former executive vice president of TIBCO. RapidMiner's backers include Ascent Venture Partners, Longworth Venture Partners, Earlybird Venture Capital and Open Ocean Capital.
3 min read · 10 June 2015
Umair Akeel, the onetime chief architect of Eloqua during its IPO and subsequent acquisition by Oracle, has joined Bessemer Venture Partners as CTO in residence (CTO-IR) and operating partner. Akeel will serve as a tech resource for all Bessemer portfolio companies and help the firm analyze trends and products worldwide. Bessemer was an investor in Eloqua and Trigo Technologies, Akeel's previous company in which he was a software engineer and then a senior architect at IBM following its acquisition of Trigo. Bessemer in February wrapped up its ninth fund with $1.6 billion in commitments.
3 min read · 10 June 2015
David Strasser has joined SWaN & Legend Venture Partners LLC as a managing director. Previously, Strasser worked at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, where he served as a managing director in equity research for the retail sector.
3 min read · 08 June 2015
Coupa Software said Wednesday that it named Todd Ford its CFO. Ford will report directly to Coupa’s CEO, Rob Bernshteyn, and will oversee the company’s financial operations. He most recently served as CFO of MobileIron.
3 min read · 04 June 2015
