Private Equity
Liquid Light has hired Dave Law as executive vice president of operations. Previously, Law worked at Bayer. Liquid Light is a provider of process technology that makes major chemicals from carbon dioxide. Its backers include VantagePoint Capital Partners, BP Ventures, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital and Osage University Partners.
3 min read · 10 April 2014
Liquid Light has hired Dave Law as executive vice president of operations. Previously, Law worked at Bayer. Liquid Light is a provider of process technology that makes major chemicals from carbon dioxide. Its backers include VantagePoint Capital Partners, BP Ventures, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital and Osage University Partners.
3 min read · 10 April 2014
BTI Systems Inc has named Colin Doherty as its new president and CEO. He assumed the role from Steve Waszak, who has served as the company's top executive since 2010. Doherty joined BTI from U.S.-based Arbor Networks Inc, where he served as CEO until the software company's acquisition in 2010. With headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, BTI is a provider of cloud and metro networking software and systems to content and service providers. Since 2011, the company has received $60 million in venture capital funding from Canadian and U.S. backers, including Bain Capital Ventures, BDC Venture Capital, Covington Funds and GrowthWorks.
4 min read · 08 April 2014
General Catalyst Partners has named Scott Griffith as an XIR and partner. He is the former chairman and CEO of Zipcar. With offices in Cambridge, Mass., Palo Alto, Calif., and New York City, General Catalyst Partners is a VC firm that makes early stage and growth equity investments.
4 min read · 08 April 2014
General Catalyst Partners has named Scott Griffith as an XIR and partner. He is the former chairman and CEO of Zipcar. With offices in Cambridge, Mass., Palo Alto, Calif., and New York City, General Catalyst Partners is a VC firm that makes early stage and growth equity investments.
4 min read · 08 April 2014
General Catalyst Partners announced it has added Scott Griffith as a partner and XIR. Griffith was up until last year chairman and CEO of Zipcar.
4 min read · 08 April 2014
Genocea Biosciences said Monday that it has named Jonathan Poole as chief financial officer. Previously, Poole worked at Shire where he served as senior vice president of finance for pipeline and technical operations. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Genocea Biosciences is a developer of T-cell vaccines. Genocea’s backers include Polaris Venture Partners, Lux Ventures, Skyline Ventures, Auriga Ventures, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Morningside Ventures.
2 min read · 07 April 2014
Okta said Monday that it has hired Krista Anderson as its first chief customer officer. Anderson is a former senior vice president at Salesforce.com. Based in San Francisco, Okta is an identity management service. It is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital.
4 min read · 07 April 2014
Okta said Monday that it has hired Krista Anderson as its first chief customer officer. Anderson is a former senior vice president at Salesforce.com. Based in San Francisco, Okta is an identity management service. It is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital.
4 min read · 07 April 2014
Engine Yard has hired Paul Melmon as senior vice president of engineering. Previously, he was at Costanoa Venture Capital where he served as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Based in San Francisco, Calif., Engine Yard is a cloud application management platform. It is backed by Benchmark, New Enterprise Associates, Oracle and Amazon.
2 min read · 04 April 2014