Private Equity
SE Ventures, a new Silicon Valley-based firm backed by Schneider Electric, has named Grant Allen and Varun Jain as senior partners. Allen joins SEV from ABB where he led global ventures while Jain previously worked at Qualcomm Ventures where he led the global early-stage practice.
3 min read · 27 August 2019
Pionyr Immunotherapeutics Inc, a developer of antibody therapeutics, has appointed Dr. Alicia Levey as senior vice president and chief business officer. Previously, Levey worked at Tempest Therapeutics where she was vice president and chief business officer. Pionyr's backers included OrbiMed, New Enterprise Associates, Sofinnova, SV Health Investors, Vida Ventures, Trinitas Capital, Mission Bay Capital and Osage University Partners.
4 min read · 27 August 2019
Victress Capital has named Madeline Keulen as a vice president. She first joined the women-led early-stage consumer-focused venture firm in January 2018 as an MBA associate.
2 min read · 27 August 2019
Next Coast Ventures has named Jonathan Kaplan as chief operating officer. Previously, Kaplan served as chief legal officer and general counsel of RetailMeNot.
3 min read · 31 July 2019
Camber Creek has hired Mitchell Schear as a general partner. He is the former president of Vornado/Charles E. Smith.
3 min read · 25 July 2019
Seattle-based SoundCommerce, a operations data platform provider, has named Meredith Han as chief operating officer. Her work background includes a tenure at Amazon.com where she helped launch the health and personal care business. SoundCommerce's backers included Defy Partners, Voyager Capital, Stage Venture Partners and Kick-Start Partners.
3 min read · 24 July 2019
FirstMark Capital has named Adam Nelson as a partner, according to an announcement on the New York City-based early-stage venture firm. Nelson's past roles including serving as an investing partner at Social Capital and head of revenue partnerships at Dropbox.
1 min read · 24 July 2019
RiverVest Venture Partners has named Derek Rapp as managing director and Dr. Isaac Zike as senior associate. Previously, Rapp was president and CEO of JDRF while Zike was a life sciences associate at Huron Consulting Group.
2 min read · 23 July 2019
Houston-based Innowatts, a provider of AI-enabled energy analytics solutions, has named Eric Danziger as chief revenue officer. Previously, he was the co-founder of Genability. Innowatts is backed by Energy Impact Partners, Evergy Ventures, Shell Ventures, Iberdrola, Energy and Environment Investment and Veronorte.
3 min read · 19 July 2019
Trinity Ventures has promoted John Lin to principal. The early-stage tech venture firm has hired Prakash Ramamurthy as operating partner and Lisa Coca has joined as an executive-in-residence.
3 min read · 18 July 2019
