Private Equity
Retail analytics firm Reflektion has hired Kurt Heinemann as chief marketing officer and Rob Crane as vice president of sales. Heinemann is the former CMO for Marketwired/Sysomos while Crane was vice president, west at Anaplan. Reflektion is backed by Intel Capital.
3 min read · 19 June 2014
Retail analytics firm Reflektion has hired Kurt Heinemann as chief marketing officer and Rob Crane as vice president of sales. Heinemann is the former CMO for Marketwired/Sysomos while Crane was vice president, west at Anaplan. Reflektion is backed by Intel Capital.
3 min read · 19 June 2014
Andrew P. Dempsey, former chief operating officer of Fortress Investment Group's Permanent Capital Business Group, has joined Easterly Capital, a private investment firm founded by former Affiliated Managers Group chief financial officer Darrell Crate. Dempsey will be responsible for capital formation and business development.
3 min read · 19 June 2014
Crossbar has hired Ron Richter as vice president of sales. Previously, Richter worked at Silicon Image where he served as senior director of business development. Based in Santa Clara, Calif., Crossbar is a provider of RRAM technology. Its backers include Artiman Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northern Light Venture Capital, SAIF Partners, CBC-Capital and Tao Venture Capital Partners.
3 min read · 16 June 2014
PunchTab said Friday that it has added Kiersten Hollars to its board of advisors. Hollars is the vice president of communications and brand marketing at Hightail. Formerly she was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., PunchTab is an omni-channel engagement and insights platform. Its backers include Mohr Davidow Ventures, The Social+Capital Partnership and Crunch Fund.
3 min read · 13 June 2014
Twitter Inc said on Thursday Ali Rowghani resigned as chief operating officer, effective Thursday.
1 min read · 12 June 2014
Edison Ventures said Thursday that it has hired Kelly Ford as chief marketing officer. Previously, Ford worked at SundaySky where she served as vice president of marketing.
2 min read · 12 June 2014
Voxer said Thursday that it has named Irv Remedios as its new president. Remedios is Voxer's former head of product. Based in San Francisco, Voxer is a provider of push-to-talk and multimedia messaging. Its backers include Institutional Venture Partners, Intel Capital, SV Angel and CrunchFund.
3 min read · 12 June 2014
RefleXion Medical has named David Q. Larkin as vice president of engineering. Previously, Larkin worked at Intuitive Surgical where he most recently served as vice president of engineering. Based in Burlingame, Calif., RefleXion Medical is a medical device company developing a biologically-guided radiation therapy system for cancer treatment. It is backed by Sofinnova Partners, Pfizer Venture Investments and Venrock.
3 min read · 11 June 2014
Renowned Canadian pollster Angus Reid is stepping down as executive chair of Vision Critical Communications Inc, a Vancouver-based customer intelligence platform provider. Reid co-founded the company with his son Andrew Reid in 2000, and the Reid family will remain Vision Critical's largest shareholders. Angus Reid also will continue to advise the company, which has been venture-backed since 2004. Vision Critical's currents investors include Canadian venture capital firms OMERS Ventures and TELUS Ventures, and Canadian specialty finance firm Difference Capital Financial.
2 min read · 10 June 2014
