Private Equity
Venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was run "like a boys club," a lawyer for one of its former partners who is suing the firm for sex discrimination told jury members on Tuesday.
2 min read · 25 March 2015
Canadian clean-tech venture capital firm Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital has added Peter Bryant to its advisory board. Bryant is a 30-year executive business strategist and a standing senior fellow of the Kellogg Innovation Network. Based in Vancouver, Chrysalix is focused on making investments in sustainable innovations targeted to energy-intensive sectors.
3 min read · 24 March 2015
Santander has named Tee Pruitt investment manager of its InnoVentures Fund. Previously, Pruitt worked at C5 Capital where he served as a principal on the firm's cybersecurity-focused fund and Octopus Ventures where he worked as an associate on its generalist tech fund.
3 min read · 23 March 2015
Sierra Ventures has brought on Tim Stanley as a partner, according to a press release. Stanley will lead business development, marketing, strategic partnerships and programs.
3 min read · 23 March 2015
David J. Freschman, a prominent venture capitalist who was a consultant for "Shark Tank," passed away on March 17. He was 52.
1 min read · 20 March 2015
Early-stage venture firm Inventus Capital Partners has promoted Manu Rekhi and Rutvik Doshi to partners. Prior to joining Inventus, Rekhi worked at the NewsCorp's digital division where he served as the vice president of products while Doshi is the former CEO of e-commerce startup Taggle in Bangalore.
3 min read · 20 March 2015
Katherine Barr, general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, is stepping down this month as co-chair of the C100, the Silicon Valley-based non-profit organization established to support Canadian entrepreneurship. She will be replaced in that role by Angela Strange, partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Strange will work with existing C100 Co-Chair Scott Bonham, founding partner of GGV Capital. Barr, who said she will remain on the C100's board of directors, was last year interviewed by peHUB Canada at the time of BuildDirect's Series B financing, which was led by Mohr Davidow.
6 min read · 19 March 2015
Madrona Venture Group said it has added three strategic directors: John McAdam, Sujal Patel and Steve Singh. The three will work with portfolio companies, sharing their insight and operating experiences, and helping them scale.
3 min read · 19 March 2015
SoftTech VC announces on its blog that Huddle co-founder Andy McLoughlin is joining as venture partner, effective April 1, while Partner Charles Hudson is transitioning out to launch his own pre-seed firm.
1 min read · 18 March 2015
Truffle Capital has hired Patrick Lord as an investment manager. Previously, Lord worked at QuantumWave Capital where he served as marketing and communications director.
3 min read · 17 March 2015
