Private Equity
Smartling has hired Adi Dehejia as chief financial officer. Previously, Dehejia was the CFO for Rhapsody International. Based in New York City, Smartling is a provider of cloud-based translation software solutions. It is backed by Tenaya Capital, First Round Capital, IDG Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock and Harmony Partners.
3 min read · 10 July 2014
Smartling has hired Adi Dehejia as chief financial officer. Previously, Dehejia was the CFO for Rhapsody International. Based in New York City, Smartling is a provider of cloud-based translation software solutions. It is backed by Tenaya Capital, First Round Capital, IDG Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock and Harmony Partners.
3 min read · 10 July 2014
Jounce Therapeutics, which is backed by Third Rock Ventures, has hired Dr. Richard Murray as CEO. Murray is replacing interim CEO Dr. Cary Pfeffer, a partner at Third Rock Ventures, who will become chairman of Jounce’s board of directors. Previously, Murray worked at Merck where he recently served as senior vice president of biologics and vaccines research and was a member of the Merck Research Laboratories leadership team. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Jounce Therapeutics is focused on discovering and developing cancer immunotherapies.
3 min read · 10 July 2014
Jounce Therapeutics, which is backed by Third Rock Ventures, has hired Dr. Richard Murray as CEO. Murray is replacing interim CEO Dr. Cary Pfeffer, a partner at Third Rock Ventures, who will become chairman of Jounce’s board of directors. Previously, Murray worked at Merck where he recently served as senior vice president of biologics and vaccines research and was a member of the Merck Research Laboratories leadership team. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Jounce Therapeutics is focused on discovering and developing cancer immunotherapies.
3 min read · 10 July 2014
Veeva Systems, which is backed by Emergence Capital Partners, has appointed Paul Sekhri to its board of directors while Young Sohn and Kevin Spain have stepped down. Sekhri is senior vice president of integrated care at Sanofi. Based in Pleasanton, Calif., Veeva Systems is a provider of cloud-based software solutions for the global life sciences sector.
2 min read · 10 July 2014
Veeva Systems, which is backed by Emergence Capital Partners, has appointed Paul Sekhri to its board of directors while Young Sohn and Kevin Spain have stepped down. Sekhri is senior vice president of integrated care at Sanofi. Based in Pleasanton, Calif., Veeva Systems is a provider of cloud-based software solutions for the global life sciences sector.
2 min read · 10 July 2014
New York-based media company Refinery29 has hired Lauren Zalaznick as a strategic advisor. Recently, Zalaznick served as executive vice president at NBCUniversal. Refinery29's backers include Stripes Group, FLOODGATE, First Round, Hearst Corp., Lerer Ventures and Eastern Capital.
3 min read · 09 July 2014
Santa Clara, Calif-based stealth security company vArmour has added Lane Bess and Dave Stevens to its board. They are also joining the firm as investors. Both are the former CEOs of Palo Alto Networks. vArmour's backers include Highland Capital Partners.
4 min read · 09 July 2014
SV Life Sciences said Tuesday that it has hired Michael Balmuth as a partner. Previously, Balmuth worked at Edison Ventures where he was a general partner.
3 min read · 08 July 2014
New York-based ad tech platform PulsePoint has hired Mitchell Eisenberg as general counsel and SVP of corporate development. Previously, Eisenberg worked at Mediabistro. PulsePoint's backers include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gotham Ventures, New Atlantic Ventures, Investor Growth Capital, Updata Partners and VantagePoint Capital Partners.
3 min read · 07 July 2014
