Private Equity
Centrillion Technologies said Tuesday that it named Dr. James Zhang as its new Chief Strategy Officer. Zhang is joining Centrillion’s executive team and will be responsible for corporate strategy, strategic business development, investor relations, and Asia Pacific operations. Zhang was a founding partner at Formation 8 and is also a senior advisor and Venture Partner of China based GRC SinoGreen Fund. Centrillion Technologies is a genomic technology company.
2 min read · 13 May 2015
Rally Ventures announced that cyber security industry veteran Art Coviello has joined the firm as venture partner. At Rally, which has offices in Menlo Park, Calif., and Minnetonka, Minn., Coviello will focus on enterprise security companies. Coviello, who was most recently executive chairman of RSA, the security division of EMC, has been a member of Rally's Tech Partners program since the firm was founded in 2013.
4 min read · 13 May 2015
Texas-based HYLA Inc, a provider of mobile device trade-in and reuse solutions, has named Biju Nair as president and CEO. Previously, Nair worked at Synchronoss Technologies, Inc where he served as executive vice president and chief corporate strategy officer. Nair's appointment as president of HYLA was made earlier this year. HYLA's backers include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silver Lake and OpenAir Equity Partners.
3 min read · 12 May 2015
Stuart Bernstein, Goldman Sachs' global head of the clean technology and renewables and venture capital coverage group, is retiring, according to internal memos viewed by peHUB.
1 min read · 07 May 2015
Canadian entrepreneur and venture professional Mark MacLeod has left his most recent job as CFO at FreshBooks to take on a role for which he is uniquely well-suited: mentoring startups. MacLeod this week announced the launch of SurePath Capital Partners, a financial advisory firm that aims to help companies overcome challenges to achieving high growth.
3 min read · 07 May 2015
OpenView Venture Partners said Wednesday that John McCullough has joined as Director of Corporate Development. Most recently, McCullough was Director of Corporate Development at Rocket Software.
2 min read · 07 May 2015
Reshma Sohoni is joining Anthemis Group as a Senior Advisor. Sohoni currently leads Seedcamp as co-founder and partner.
3 min read · 07 May 2015
OpenView Venture Partners has hired John McCullough as director of corporate development. Previously, McCullough worked in a similar capacity at Rocket Software.
2 min read · 06 May 2015
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who announced her candidacy for president this week, pledged to roll back net neutrality rules promulgated by the FCC after vigorous debate and millions of public comments.
3 min read · 05 May 2015
Thomas Loverro, who previously was a principal at RRE Ventures, has joined Institutional Venture Partners as a vice president. At IVP, which recently closed its largest ever fund at $1.4 billion, Loverro will focus on later-stage, high-growth consumer and enterprise companies. At RRE, Loverro worked on such investments as Avant, Base, CollectiveHealth, CoverHound, OnDeck and Trumaker, among others.
3 min read · 05 May 2015
