Private Equity
Frazier Healthcare said Friday that it has hired David Socks as a venture partner in its Boston office. Previously, Socks worked at Incline Therapeutics where he served as its president and COO until the company was sold to The Medicines Company.
2 min read · 19 September 2014
There’s something to be said for sticking with a job. It certainly has worked out for Jim Breyer, who joined Accel Partners as a newly minted MBA graduate in 1987. It was a good call, Venture Capital Journal reports.
3 min read · 18 September 2014
Emergence Capital Partners announced two promotions and three additions to its team. The San Mateo, California-based firm, which focuses on enterprise companies, has promoted Santiago “Santi” Subotovsky to partner and Joe Floyd to principal. In addition, Jake Saper has joined Emergence as senior associate, John Chen as associate, and Julia Mailander as marketing manager.
3 min read · 16 September 2014
Tim Draper's plan to split California into six states has failed to make the 2016 ballot, according to a news report.
1 min read · 15 September 2014
Themis Solutions, better known as Clio, appears to be making ample use of the substantial venture capital funding it raised a few months ago. The Vancouver-based startup, a specialist in cloud-based management tools for the legal industry, has made several starry hires of late, including former Google Canada marketing exec Neil Shankman.
2 min read · 11 September 2014
Canadian venture capital firm Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital has announced that Stefan Heck will join its industry advisory board. Heck, who was a senior partner and co-founder of the cleantech and sustainability transformations practice at McKinsey & Co and is currently a professor at Stanford University, will advise Chrysalix and its portfolio companies on investment and business strategies. Based in Vancouver, Chrysalix invests in breakthrough sustainable innovations for energy-intensive industries.
3 min read · 10 September 2014
Montréal-based private equity and venture capital firm the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec FTQ has appointed Sylvie Des Roches as its vice president, internal audit. Des Roches will be responsible for ensuring adequate and effective operating processes and will help oversee financial and regulatory compliance matters. Before joining the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, she held several senior executive roles at the Standard Life Assurance Co.
2 min read · 09 September 2014
Canadian specialty finance firm Wellington Financial has added Rob Helm and Sean Lynden to its team of professionals. Previously with U.S. private equity and venture capital firm Gold Hill Capital, Helm and Lynden have joined Wellington as partners. They will operate from the firm's newly established office in San Jose, California. Wellington also announced that Craig Netterfield, a partner since 2005, recently left the firm to join a startup. Based in Toronto, Wellington provides term, venture and amortizing loans up to $30 million. It is affiliated with Canadian mid-market private equity firm Clairvest Group.
3 min read · 08 September 2014
Ali Partovi, co-founder of LinkExchange and Code.org and an early adviser at such companies as Zappos, Facebook and Dropbox, has joined Hampton Creek full time as chief strategic officer.
2 min read · 04 September 2014
Aerohive Networks said Thursday that it has hired Stathis Papaefstathiou as senior vice president of engineering. Prior to joining Aerohive, Papaefstathiou worked at F5 Networks where he served as a vice president of product development. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., Aerohive Networks is a provider of enterprise Wi-Fi solutions. Its backers include Northern Light Venture Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Four Rivers Group, Institutional Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates.
3 min read · 04 September 2014
