Private Equity
LX Ventures said Monday that it has named Ryan Holmes, founder and CEO of HootSuite, to its board of advisors. The appointment is effective December 9, 2013. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, LX Ventures is a publicly-traded accelerator that acquires, integrates and accelerates high-growth technology companies. Update: Vancouver-based social relationship platform HootSuite in Aug. 2013 raised a US$165 million in a Series B financing round, the largest venture capital deal in the Canadian market's history.
2 min read · 09 December 2013
LX Ventures said Monday that it has named Ryan Holmes to its board of advisors. The appointment is effective December 9, 2013. Holmes is the CEO of Vancouver-based HootSuite. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, LX Ventures is an accelerator that acquires and accelerates high growth tech companies.
2 min read · 09 December 2013
Thomas Franchise Solutions, an investment firm for franchisors, has named Jim Gormley to lead its Canadian office. Gormley is the president and CEO of Ontario-based The Franchise X-Perts.
2 min read · 05 December 2013
Silicon Valley VC firm Accel Partners has hired Brian O'Malley as a partner. Previously, O'Malley worked at Battery Ventures where he served as a general partner.
2 min read · 05 December 2013
Eugene Eidenberg, a former White House advisor to President Jimmy Carter, passed away on Tuesday of glioblastoma. In addition to his work in the public service sector, Eidenberg had served as a principal in the San Francisco-based VC firm Hambrecht & Quist. He also worked at Granite Venture Associates, a venture fund. Eidenberg was 74.
3 min read · 05 December 2013
Brian O'Malley comes over from Battery Ventures, which he joined in 2004.
3 min read · 05 December 2013
San Francisco software company Solinea said Wednesday that it has appointed Ameet Patel to its board of directors. Most recently, he served as a EIR/venture partner at Meritech Capital Partners.
3 min read · 04 December 2013
Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of Toronto-based commercialization hub MaRS Discovery District, has been named a recipient of the Women's Executive Network's 2013 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards. This is the fourth time Treurnicht has received this award. In recognition of that, and her "long-standing contribution to Canadian innovation," it was further announced that she will this year be inducted into the Women's Executive Network's Hall of Fame. Treurnicht joined MaRS in 2005. Prior to then, she was president and CEO of Canadian venture capital firm Primaxis Technology Ventures.
5 min read · 03 December 2013
Precision Health Media has hired Peter Fontana as a vice president of advertising sales and Richard O’Connor as its first chief financial officer. Also, the company has named Andy Chapman to its board of advisors. Previously, Fontanta worked at AMC Networks where he served as director of digital ad sales while O'Connor was co-founder and CFO of Prime Visibility Media Group. And most recently, Chapman served as a managing director at WPP’s media agency Mindshare NY. Based in New York, Precision Health Media is a provider of contextual advertising technology. Its backers include Metamorphic Ventures and Cava Capital.
3 min read · 03 December 2013
Devicescape said Tuesday that it has named Cedar Milazzo as vice president of engineering. Prior to joining Devicescape, Milazzo worked at NETGEAR, where he served as vice president of engineering of software. Also, as a result of this appointment, Simon Wynn now assumes the reins of Devicescape's CTO of products. Based in San Bruno, Calif., Devicescape is a provider of Wi-Fi software solutions. Its backers include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, Enterprise Partners and JAFCO.
3 min read · 03 December 2013
