Private Equity
Elie Dekel has joined Saban Capital Group as a Los Angeles-based managing director, with a focus on licensing, merchandising and IP opportunities. He previously was head of licensing and merchandising for 20th Century Fox.
3 min read · 01 July 2009
Arnon Dinur has joined Greylock as a partner in the firm's Israel office. He previously spent seven years with SanDisk, as a senior vice president leading mobile strategy. Here is his bio from the Greylock website:
1 min read · 28 June 2009
1 min read · 28 June 2009
1 min read · 26 June 2009
Scott Beardsley and Michael Shalmi have been named Copenhagen-based senior partners with Novo Growth Equity, a new Novo AS affiliate that is expecting to invest $200 million per year (first deal to come in six months). Beardsley previously ran JPMorgan's West Coast pharma practice out of San Francisco, while Shalmi was in New York as corporate VP of global development and clinical operations. Christina Sylvester-Hvid has also joined Novo Growth Equity as a principal, after having been a partner with Wiborg Biotech Consulting.
3 min read · 25 June 2009
It's not unusual to see early executives of a big tech company join the VC ranks. For example, It seems like everyone on the staff of Bellevue, Wash.-based Ignition Partners has ties to Microsoft. But it's hard not to notice that many early Googlers are not just investing in startups as individuals, but are forming early stage firms. My colleague Constance Loizos reported yesterday how Merus Capital (whose founders have roots that go back to Microsoft and Google) are in the midst of trying to raise $125 million for its debut fund. And one half of the management team at Javelin Ventures is a former Google executive. I came across another firm that owes its wealth, and hopeful success, to Google. The firm, called XG Ventures derives its name from the fact that its four partners are ex-Googlers.
2 min read · 24 June 2009
Judy Tyler has joined Standish Management, a provider of outsourced accounting infrastructure services to venture capital and private equity firms. She will lead the firm's new Los Angeles office, and previously was CFO of Steamboat Ventures.
2 min read · 23 June 2009
1 min read · 22 June 2009
TVM Capital has promoted Irena Melnikova to the position of principal. She joined the firm's Boston life sciences team last year, after serving in various roles with Life Science Insights, a subsidiary of IDC.
3 min read · 19 June 2009
Peter Lee has joined Los Angeles-based Baroda Ventures as a partner. He previously was an associate with Prism VentureWorks and, before that, was with Clearstone Venture Partners.
3 min read · 18 June 2009
