Private Equity
According to a blog post on his Tumblr site, John Melas-Kyriazi has joined Spark Capital's Boston office as an associate. Prior to joining the early-stage venture firm, Melas-Kyriazi was the chief financial officer of the Palo Alto, Calif-based startup StartX. To read his announcement, visit here.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
Boris Wertz, general partner at Vancouver-based Version One Ventures, a micro fund focused on early-stage consumer Internet, e-commerce, SaaS and mobile companies, has joined U.S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a partner. Andreessen Horowitz, which recently raised US$1.5 billion for its fourth fund, announced the move on its blog. The firm said that Wertz will continue to invest from his own fund.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
Boris Wertz, general partner at Vancouver-based Version One Ventures, a micro fund focused on early-stage consumer Internet, e-commerce, SaaS and mobile companies, has joined Andreessen Horowitz as a partner.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
One Kings Lane has named Dinesh Lathi as CEO and member of the board of directors. Previously, Lathi was the firm's chief operating and financial officer. Headquartered in San Francisco, One Kings Lane is an online home decor retailer. Its backers include Mousse Partners, Scripps Networks Interactive, Kleiner Perkins, Greylock Partners, IVP and Tiger Global Management.
2 min read · 30 April 2014
PMV Pharmaceuticals, which is backed by InterWest Partners, has appointed Steven Holtzman to its board of directors. Currently, Holtzman is the executive vice president of corporate development for Biogen Idec. PMV Pharmaceuticals is focused on developing first-in-class p53 and p53 pathway modulators that treat cancer and infectious disease.
3 min read · 30 April 2014
RadiumOne's board of directors has fired Gurbaksh Chahal as CEO and chairman. The firm's COO Bill Lonergan has been named as Chahal's replacement. Although no reason for Chahal's termination was given in the company's statement on this development, according to various news reports, RadiumOne faced pressure to make this decision in light of Chahal's recent guilty plea to battery and domestic violence charges against his girlfriend. Based in San Francisco, RadiumOne is a provider of media buying solutions. It is backed by Crosslink Capital, DFJ Espirit, Adams Street Partners and Trinity Ventures.
1 min read · 28 April 2014
Smart grid communications provider Tantalus Systems Corp has named Peter Londa as president and CEO. The pick followed a search process led by John McEwen, the chairman of the Tantalus board of directors and co-CEO of Canadian venture capital firm Discovery Capital Corp, an investor in Tantalus. Londa previously served as the CEO of smart grid company BPL Global. Based in Burnaby, British Columbia, and Raleigh, North Carolina, Tantalus provides communications networks to monitor and control electric, gas and water utilities. Its other investors include U.S. venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures.
3 min read · 24 April 2014
Tablesets, which is backed by PeopleFund, has appointed Raj Dhaka, co-founder of WeddingChannel.com, to its advisory board. Based in Miami, Tablesets is an online retailer for all things tabletop.
2 min read · 24 April 2014
Audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG has appointed Conor Moore as national co-leader of the firm's venture capital practice. Moore, who is based in San Francisco, first joined KPMG in 2002. He succeeds Packy Kelly, who has been named leader of KPMG's global semiconductor practice.
2 min read · 23 April 2014
InVisage Technologies has received $18 million in funding. Investors included GGV Capital, Nokia Growth Partners, RockPort Capital, InterWest Partners, Intel Capital and OnPoint Technologies. Also, InVisage has hired Ephraim Kwok as chief financial officer and Emanuele Mandelli as vice president of engineering. Based in Menlo Park, Calif., InVisage is a fabless semiconductor firm.
3 min read · 22 April 2014
