Private Equity
Orthocon Inc. promoted John J. Pacifico its president, chief executive officer and member of the board. Pacifico joined the Irvington, N.Y.-based therapeutics device company in 2007 to lead its corporate development and finance functions. Orthocon is backed by Bellevue Asset Management AG, Canaan Partners, ProQuest Investments and Rockport Venture Partners.
3 min read · 10 January 2011
Polaris Venture Partners, Boston, Mass., hired Matt Meeker as an entrepreneur-in-residence in the New York City Dogpatch Labs. Meeker is co-founder of Meetup.com. He will work with early stage entrepreneurs and founders as they conceive of and launch startups and build upon the synergies between the three Dogpatch locations and the alumni network.
2 min read · 10 January 2011
Jinni, a developer of a taste-based recommendations guide for television and movies, has raised $5 million in Series B financing. Investors in the round included telecom operator Belgacom and Israel-based venture firm DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures.
3 min read · 06 January 2011
Sidley Austin LLP hired Pamela J. Martinson as a partner in its Palo Alto, Calif., office. She will focus in the area of finance and lending.
3 min read · 19 November 2010
Pomona Capital of New York hired Sebastien Bowen as an investment director to focus on secondary investment analysis and deal sourcing in Europe. Bowen will work from the firm’s London office. He previously worked as a director at MetLife Investments.
2 min read · 18 November 2010
Sagent Advisors Inc. hired Omar Namoos as a senior banker focused on the aerospace and defense sector. Namoos was the founder and president of an aerospace and defense advisory firm called Greystone Advisory Group. Sagent Advisors is an independent mergers and acquisitions advisory firm.
2 min read · 18 November 2010
Iroko Pharmaceuticals LLC, a pharmaceutical company in Philadelphia, Pa., named David C. U’Prichard to its board of directors. U’Prichard is a venture partner at Maryland-based Red Abbey LLC. He is also president of Druid Consulting LLC.
3 min read · 18 November 2010
Robert Muehlenbeck was named chairman of Square 1 Financial, Inc. and Square 1 Bank. Muehlenbeck has been a board member since the commercial bank was founded and he was executive vice president and director of Imperial Bank prior to his retirement in 1999. Six Square 1 Bank executives, under the guidance of Lead Director Robert Keith, will fulfill the CEO’s responsibilities and functions. Square 1 Bank’s board formed an executive search committee to find a permanent successor to Richard Casey, who passed away earlier this month.
2 min read · 18 November 2010
Conmed Healthcare Management Inc. named Charles Crocker to its board. Crocker is chairman and CEO of Crocker Capital Inc., a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. He replaces Iowa’s Governor-Elect Terry E. Branstad, who resigned Nov. 15. Branstad served as a director since March 2007.
4 min read · 18 November 2010
Teambox closed on a $250,000 seed funding from an angel investor. Manel Sarasa also joined the company’s board. Sarasa is vice chaiman of an ERP company called Openbravo. Teambox of Barcelona, Spain is a social media collaboration tool.
2 min read · 17 November 2010
