Private Equity
Ellen Pao, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who has filed a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the venture firm, had offered to resign from Kleiner five years before filing her lawsuit, court documents show.
2 min read · 09 January 2015
Buyouts Insider, publisher of PE HUB, Buyouts and VCJ, is looking for a seasoned business journalist to fill the role of Managing Editor. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about storytelling in both new and old media.
2 min read · 09 January 2015
Sofinnova Ventures has hired Daniel G. Welch as an executive partner. Welch is the former CEO, president and chairman of InterMune.
3 min read · 08 January 2015
Institutional Venture Partners has hired Tracy Hogan as chief financial officer. Prior to joining IVP, Hogan worked as CFO and chief compliance officer at Elevation Partners for more than 10 years.
2 min read · 07 January 2015
Formation 8, which closed a $500 million second fund last month, has added Lior Susan as a partner to head up early-stage hardware investments.
2 min read · 06 January 2015
San Francisco-based FitStar, a digital fitness firm, has named Mark Mastrov to its board of directors. Mastrov is the founder of 24 Hour Fitness and New Evolution Ventures. FitStar's backers include Google Ventures, Advancit Capital, FLOODGATE Fund, Founder Collective, MESA+ and Neil Young.
3 min read · 02 January 2015
Technology Crossover Ventures has promoted Ted Coons and Daniel O’Keefe to general partners and Sean Giese to principal. Coons and O’Keefe are based in New York while Giese is in the firm's Palo Alto, Calif. headquarters. Prior to joining TCV, Coons was a managing director at Blackstone; O'Keefe was a principal at North Bridge and a senior vice president at Pequot Capital; and Giese worked at Deutsche Bank in the tech M&A group.
4 min read · 19 December 2014
Singapore-based investor Joel Sng has joined Formation 8 as a partner, the company announced in a blog post on its site. Sng's portfolio of investments include Facebook, Uber, Xiaomi, Razer, SF Express, Airbnb and Palantir. To read more details about Formation 8's new addition, visit here.
1 min read · 16 December 2014
San Francisco-based electronic signature company DocuSign has appointed John Hinshaw to its board of directors. Hinshaw is the executive vice president of technology and operations at HP. DocuSign's backers include Samsung Ventures, BBVA Ventures, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Ignition Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sapphire Ventures and Scale Venture Partners.
3 min read · 15 December 2014
Acceleron Pharma has appointed Dr. Francois Nader to its board of directors. Nader is president, CEO and a member of the board of directors of NPS Pharma. Acceleron Pharma's backers include Advanced Technology Ventures, Flagship Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, Polaris Ventures and Venrock. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Acceleron is focused on developing novel protein therapeutics for cancer and rare diseases.
2 min read · 12 December 2014
