Private Equity
Highland Consumer Partners, a venture firm focused on the consumer sector, has hired David Lloyd as a domain expert. Lloyd is the former president and CEO of Bertucci's.
2 min read · 25 March 2014
Utilidata has hired Siobhan MacDermott as chief information security officer. Previously, MacDermott worked at AVG Technologies where she served as chief policy officer. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Utilidata is a provider of voltage optimization and digital automation solutions for the electric utility industry. Its backers include Formation 8 Partners, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures and American Electric Power.
3 min read · 25 March 2014
Utilidata has hired Siobhan MacDermott as chief information security officer. Previously, MacDermott worked at AVG Technologies where she served as chief policy officer. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Utilidata is a provider of voltage optimization and digital automation solutions for the electric utility industry. Its backers include Formation 8 Partners, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures and American Electric Power.
3 min read · 25 March 2014
8x8 has named Vladimir Jacimovic to its board of directors. The appointment became effective March 20, 2014. Jacimovic is the founder and managing partner of Continuum Capital Partners. He was also a partner at New Enterprise Associates. Based in San Jose Calif. and the UK, 8x8 is a provider of cloud-based unified communications and virtual contact center solutions.
3 min read · 25 March 2014
Bitcoin entrepreneur and investor Margaux Avedisian talks about using the cryptocurrency to travel the world. Avedisian is one of four VCs who will speak at the Venture Alpha East conference on March 26 in New York.
2 min read · 24 March 2014
Bitcoin entrepreneur and investor Margaux Avedisian talks about using the cryptocurrency to travel the world. Avedisian is one of four VCs who will speak at the Venture Alpha East conference on March 26 in New York.
2 min read · 24 March 2014
Nebula has hired Herb Schneider as senior vice president of engineering. Schneider was the co-founder of GridIron and Extreme Networks. Based in Mountain View, Calif., Nebula is a private cloud company. Its backers include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Comcast Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.
2 min read · 24 March 2014
Enterprise software startup Domo has named Nehal Raj, a principal at TPG, to its board of directors. TPG Growth recently led a $125 million Series C round in Domo. The company's other backers include Benchmark, Fidelity Investments, Founders Fund, GGV Capital, Greylock Partners, IVP, Salesforce.com, T. Rowe Price, WPP and Zetta Venture Partners.
3 min read · 21 March 2014
Enterprise software startup Domo has named Nehal Raj, a principal at TPG, to its board of directors. TPG Growth recently led a $125 million Series C round in Domo. The company's other backers include Benchmark, Fidelity Investments, Founders Fund, GGV Capital, Greylock Partners, IVP, Salesforce.com, T. Rowe Price, WPP and Zetta Venture Partners.
3 min read · 21 March 2014
According to a blog post on its site, Zero Turnaround has named Roger Colvin as chief financial officer. Colvin is the co-founder of Bullhorn, a Boston human resources software company that was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in mid-2012. Zero Turnaround is a provider of software development tools. Its backers include Bain Capital Ventures and Western Technology Investment. To read the announcement, visit here.
1 min read · 20 March 2014
