Private Equity
Imergy Power Systems, formerly known as Deeya Energy, has named Bill Watkins as CEO. Previously, Watkins worked at Bridgelux where he served as CEO. Also, the company has hired Tim Hennessy as executive vice president, sales and marketing and Jack Jenkins-Stark as chief financial officer. Based in Fremont, Calif., Imergy Power is a provider of energy storage systems solutions. It is backed by NEA, Technology Partners and Blue Run.
3 min read · 02 December 2013
Internet and cloud developer LeoNovus Inc (TSXV: LTV), which has offices in Ottawa and Sunnyvale, Calf., has appointed Mathew Wilson to the company's board of directors. Wilson is vice president, special situations at Pinetree Capital, an investment and venture capital firm based in Toronto. Pinetree is among the backers of LeoNovus, which is currently ramping up its SMART Media™ platform and distributed cloud services into the hospitality market.
4 min read · 27 November 2013
Workday said Monday that it has named Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!, to its board of directors. Yang is also the founder of Silicon Valley-based VC firm AME Cloud Ventures. Based in Pleasanton, Calif., Workday is a provider of cloud solutions for human resources and finance.
3 min read · 25 November 2013
Mandalay Digital Group said Monday that it has hired Jeffrey Klausner as its chief financial officer effective today. Previously, Klausner worked at Sherwood Partners where he served as managing director. Mandalay Digital is a global media and communications company headquartered in Los Angeles.
2 min read · 25 November 2013
MyoKardia said Monday that it has appointed Mark L. Perry to its board of directors. Perry has served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Third Rock Ventures and as president, CEO and director of Aerovance. Based in South San Francisco, Calif., MyoKardia, which was launched by Third Rock Ventures, is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing new drugs that will treat genetic heart disease.
3 min read · 25 November 2013
Ellen Pao, a former partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, filed a discrimination suit against the famous venture capital firm on May 10, 2012. Here are all of the stories peHUB has published about the case, in chronological order.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
RocketSpace, an open innovation campus in San Francisco, has secured an additional 26,190 square feet at 225 Bush Street. The location will serve as the new home of the RocketSpace Accelerator program as it continues to expand its San Francisco footprint.
3 min read · 26 June 2013
Greylock Partners announced today on its blog that Jerry Chen, formerly with VMware, has joined the firm as partner. Chen was most recently vice president of product management and product marketing at VMware, which he joined nearly 10 years ago. Prior to that, he was an associate at Accel Partners.
2 min read · 25 June 2013
Felicis Ventures said on Monday that it hired a CFO, Guergana Tomova. The industry veteran most recently was director of finance at Venrock.
1 min read · 29 April 2013
In naming Ken Coleman as its third special advisor, Andreessen Horowitz went with a longtime Silicon Valley tech executive with an impressive resume and a collection of enviable board seats.
3 min read · 11 April 2013
