Private Equity
OpenView Venture Partners has promoted Blake Bartlett, Mackey Craven, Devon McDonald and Ricky Pelletier to partner. Bartlett joined the firm in 2013 as a vice president while Craven came on board the same year as an associate. And, McDonald first joined OpenView in 2009 and Pelletier has been with the firm since 2011.
3 min read · 03 June 2015
New York City-based venture firm RRE Ventures has hired Raju Rishi as a general partner and promoted Alice Lloyd George to associate. Prior to joining RRE, Rishi was a venture partner at Sigma Prime Ventures while Lloyd George worked at Signia Venture Partners and Bridgewater Associates.
3 min read · 02 June 2015
Cloud-based computing solutions provider ADAR IT has named James Michelson as chief marketing officer. ADAR IT is backed by MK Capital.
2 min read · 02 June 2015
PagerDuty, a San Francisco-based provider of operations performance management solutions, has appointed Tim Armandpour as vice president of engineering. Previously, Armandpour worked at YapStone where he served as senior vice president of engineering and product. PagerDuty's backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Baseline Ventures and Ignition Partners.
2 min read · 02 June 2015
Munich, Germany and Irvine, California-based JenaValve Technology, a provider of transcatheter aortic valve implantation systems that treat aortic valve disease, has named Dr. Victoria E. Carr-Brendel as CEO. The appointment is effective immediately. Previously, Dr. Carr-Bendel served as general manager of Boston Scientific’s Bayer Interventional business. Its backers include Atlas Venture, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, GIMV, NeoMed Management, Legend Capital, VI Partners, Sunstone Capital, Omega Funds, Biovest and Valiance Advisors.
3 min read · 02 June 2015
Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC.N) said Chief Financial Officer Arthur Minson would step down effective immediately, less than a week after Charter Communications Inc (CHTR.O) agreed to buy the company for $56 billion, Reuters News reported.
1 min read · 02 June 2015
Jon Callaghan’s goals at the NVCA include encouraging diversity, purpose and risk taking.
4 min read · 01 June 2015
Jim Baum has joined OpenView Venture Partners as a venture partner. Previously, Baum was the president and CEO of Netezza.
2 min read · 27 May 2015
Aloke Gupta has joined Imergy Power Systems as a Senior Director of Policy & Market Development. Gupta was previously with the Energy Division of the California Public Utilities Commission. Fremont, California-based Imergy provides advanced storage systems. Investors include NEA, Technology Partners, and Blue Run.
2 min read · 27 May 2015
San Jose, California-based SI-BONE Inc, which develops products for patients with low back issues related to certain SI joint disorders, has secured $21 million in funding. Redline Capital Management led the round. Also, the company has named Laura Francis as chief financial officer. Previously, Francis was CFO for Auxogyn Inc.
4 min read · 26 May 2015
