Private Equity
Balaji Srinivasan, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, will be working full-time at bitcoin startup 21 Inc, which he co-founded. Srinivasan made the announcement in a blog post on the venture firm's site. However, Srinivasan will remain part-time as a board partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he says he will continue to lead new investments, build the firm's software team and help entrepreneurs. According to Crunchbase, 21 has just raised $116 million in funding. Investors in that round included Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Qualcomm Ventures, Data Collective and Khosla Ventures. In December 2013, Marc Andressen announced on the firm's site that Srinivasan was joining the firm. To read the post about Srinivasan working full-time at 21, visit here.
1 min read · 12 March 2015
MPM Capital said Wednesday it named Dr. Patrick A. Baeuerle a Managing Director effective April 1. Baeuerle most recently was Vice President, Research, and General Manager, Amgen Research (Munich) GmbH.
2 min read · 12 March 2015
PandoDaily West Coast editor Michael Carney has joined the venture firm Upfront Ventures as an associate, according to the tech blog.
1 min read · 12 March 2015
Hyde Park Venture Partners has named Tim Kopp partner and managing director of the Indianapolis office. Kopp is a former CMO of ExactTarget. He first joined Hyde Park last year as an advisor and venture partner.
2 min read · 11 March 2015
Boston-based venture firm Data Point Capital has named John Giuliani as a special advisor. Giuliani is the former CEO of Conversant.
4 min read · 10 March 2015
Ellen Pao testified on Monday in her gender discrimination suit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers that she urged firm leaders to improve HR policies after learning of other alleged harassment complaints, Reuters News reported.
2 min read · 09 March 2015
Wing Venture Capital has named Jeff Schneble as a partner. Previously, Schneble worked at Silver Lake Partners where he served as an operating executive on the value creation team.
2 min read · 09 March 2015
Atlanta-based Salesfusion, a marketing automation solutions provider, has hired Carol O'Kelley as CEO. Previously, she worked at RedPrairie where she served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. In response to O'Kelley's appointment, Salesfusion's investors, which include Noro-Moseley, has raised $5 million in funding for the company.
3 min read · 05 March 2015
Lucio Lanza has resigned from nanotech-focused venture firm Harris & Harris Group Inc's board of directors. The reason cited for Lanza's departure were "disagreements over the company's strategic direction." Lanza is a managing director of Lanza techVentures.
2 min read · 05 March 2015
Marketing platform BrightTALK has named Brian Goffman to its board of directors. Currently, Goffman is a venture partner at Technology Crossover Ventures.
1 min read · 02 March 2015
