Private Equity
Marc Faucher and Matt Golden have joined The BlackBerry Partners Fund, a $150 million VC vehicle focused on applications and services for the BlackBerry platform. Faucher previously was with Summerhill Venture Partners, while Golden has part of the founding team at Tira Wireless.
2 min read · 17 October 2008
Dave Hills has joined KPG Ventures as a general partner. He is the former president and CEO of LookSmart Ltd. (Nasdaq: LOOK).
2 min read · 14 October 2008
JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd., a Chinese developer of silicon wafers for use in solar paneling, has raised $35 million in Series B funding. Backers include CIVC, Shenzhen Capital Group Co. and Pitango Venture Capital.
3 min read · 13 October 2008
1 min read · 08 October 2008
John Dearborn and Cathy Belk have joined JumpStart, a venture development group in Northeast Ohio, as chief development officer and chief marketing officer, respectively. Dearborn previously was CEO of 3Guppies Inc., a Seattle-based mobile social networking company. Belk had served in a variety of roles with American Greetings.
3 min read · 07 October 2008
Christopher Cooke is joining Greenhill & Co. as a managing director in the firm’s fund placement group. He previously was part of the fundraising and IR team of UK hedge fund CQS, and before that was a managing director in Lehman Brothers’ fund placement group.
2 min read · 07 October 2008
Irena Melnikova has joined TVM Capital as a Boston-based senior associate on the firm’s life sciences team. She previously was part of the biopharma I-banking team at Leerink Swann.
3 min read · 07 October 2008
3 min read · 06 October 2008
2 min read · 03 October 2008
1 min read · 02 October 2008
