Private Equity
BitFury Group, a bitcoin infrastructure provider based in San Francisco and Amsterdam, has added Bill Tai and Varun Gupta to its board. The firm has also named Gupta as chief legal and compliance officer. Tai is chairman of the Maxthon and TreasureData's board while Gupta previously worked at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld where he was a corporate and securities partner and focused on IPOs, private equity deals and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. BitFury's backers include Binary Financial, Crypto Currency Partners, Georgian Co-Investment Fund, Queensbridge Venture Partners and ZAD Investment Company.
3 min read · 06 August 2014
Specialty finance lender Hercules Technology Growth Capital has named Brian Sapp as managing director. It also has hired Micah Merrick and Catherine Jhung as principals. Sapp was a director in Robert W. Baird & Co.’s investment banking group.
3 min read · 06 August 2014
Alternet has added Fernando Cisneros to its board of directors. Cisneros is a partner at Octagon Group. He is also the former vice president at LXG Capital. Based in Miami, Alternet is a business accelerator focused on digital currency and mobile commerce.
2 min read · 06 August 2014
Battery Ventures has promoted Alex Benik and Brian Lieber to partner. Also, Morad Elhafed and Paz Eshel have been promoted to vice president while Satoshi Harris-Koizumi and Evan Stein have been promoted to associate.
2 min read · 05 August 2014
PokitDok, an online health marketplace that connects consumers with providers, has expanded its leadership team with fire new hires. Joining PokitDok are Adam Grant as senior vice president of customer success; David George as senior vice president of business development; Brandon Nosacka as vice president of business development; and Natalie Cann as vice president of marketing. Also, the firm has added Lisa Suennen to its board of directors. Based in San Mateo, Calif. and Charleston, SC, PokitDok is backed by New Atlantic Ventures, Rogers Venture Partners and Subtraction Capital.
5 min read · 05 August 2014
BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc has appointed Tal Ball as its first CTO. Previously the senior VP products, technology and content at U.S.-based Gracenote Inc, Ball will lead BuildDirect's innovative efforts to create a smarter, simpler and more empowered home improvement industry, the company said. In early 2014, the Vancouver-based startup raised $30 million in a Series B financing led by U.S. venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures and supported by Canadian investors, including BDC Capital IT Venture Fund.
3 min read · 29 July 2014
Perkins Coie said Monday that has hired Arman Pahlavan a partner in the firm’s emerging companies & venture capital and private equity practice groups. Previously, Pahlavan worked at Squire Patton Boggs where he was a partner.
3 min read · 28 July 2014
Perkins Coie said Monday that has hired Arman Pahlavan a partner in the firm’s emerging companies & venture capital and private equity practice groups. Previously, Pahlavan worked at Squire Patton Boggs where he was a partner.
3 min read · 28 July 2014
Dallas-based retail tech startup Tantrum Street has named Roman Kikta to its board of directors. Kikta is a founder and managing partner of Mobility Ventures.
2 min read · 22 July 2014
Normand Chouinard has been appointed executive vice-president, investments, of the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec FTQ. Chouinard, who joined the Fonds de solidarité FTQ in 1998, has since held a number of executive positions at the firm and at the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Most recently, he was the Fonds de solidarité FTQ's senior vice-president, natural resources, industries and consumer goods, and head of investments. Last month, the Montréal-based firm named Gaétan Morin as its new president and CEO.
3 min read · 21 July 2014
