Private Equity
Jim Eisenstein has joined Point Judith Capital as a venture partner. He previously was CEO of VC-backed wireless tower company OptaSite, which was acquired by SBA Communications in 2008 for $430 million.
2 min read · 13 January 2010
Greylock Partners has promoted Isaac Fehrenbach and David Thacker to the position of associate partners. Fehrenbach joined the firm in 2003, and focuses on cleantech investments. Thacker joined in 2008, and focuses on consumer and enterprise technology opportunities.
3 min read · 12 January 2010
Bill Green has joined Macquarie Group as a senior managing director, and head of renewable energy infrastructure investments in North America. He previously was with VantagePoint Venture Partners, where he co-founded the firm's cleantech practice.
3 min read · 12 January 2010
1 min read · 12 January 2010
2 min read · 12 January 2010
Scott Minick has stepped down as a managing director with Arch Venture Partners, in order to become president and CEO of Arch portfolio company BIND Biosciences. In related news, BIND has raised $11 million in third-round funding, from Arch, Flagship Ventures, NanoDimension AG and Polaris Venture Partners.
3 min read · 12 January 2010
Michael Grey has been named a venture partners with Pappas Ventures. Grey has served as a member of the firm's scientific advisory board for the past six years, and has served as CEO of Auspex Pharmaceuticals, SGX Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Eli Lilly) and Trega Biosciences (acquired by Lion Bioscience).
2 min read · 11 January 2010
1 min read · 08 January 2010
1 min read · 07 January 2010
Last March, the New York Times profiled President Obama’s budget director, Peter Orszag, portraying the self-described “supernerd” as superharried. “At 6 in the morning, Peter R. Orszag is racing across wet pavement for a 35-minute run, into a shower and a suit…”the piece began. Yet Orszag has found time for love. While the New York Post reports tonight that Orszag and venture capitalist Claire Milonas welcomed a "love child" in November, the news isn't entirely happy for Orszag. Why not? The 41-year-old -- who also recently served as director of the Congressional Budget Office and was once among Bill Clinton's economic advisors -- announced his engagement a few weeks ago, and it wasn't to Milonas; he's instead planning to marry ABC News correspondent Bianna Golodryga.
2 min read · 07 January 2010
