Private Equity
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Pandion Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on treating autoimmune and inflammatory disease, has named Dr. Rahul Kakkar as CEO and a member of its board of directors. Also, Pandion has promoted Dr. Jo Viney, a founder of the company, to president and chief scientific officer. And, Vikas Goyal joins Pandion as senior vice president of business development. Pandion's investors include Polaris Partners, Versant Ventures, Roche Venture Fund, SR One and BioInnovation Capital.
6 min read · 17 July 2019
Armored Things, a provider of operational intelligence solutions, has named Julie Johnson as CEO. Prior to co-founding Armored Things, Johnson was a VC at Qualcomm and vice president at PIMCO. Armored Things' backers include Glasswing Ventures, iNovia Capital and MassVentures.
2 min read · 16 July 2019
Ikove Capital, a venture development company, has hired Daniel Longhi as director and head of business development in Americas. Longhi is a former senior portfolio management associate at PNC Bank and ex-director of capital formation at GSEG/Focus Hospitality.
2 min read · 16 July 2019
Silicon Valley-based Tachyum Inc, a cloud chip startup, has named Kiran Malwankar as vice president of system engineering. His work background includes roles at Cisco, Violin Memory, Nishan Systems/McDATA and Aprius/FusionIO. Tachyum is backed by IPM Growth.
3 min read · 16 July 2019
Echo Health Ventures has named Jonathan R. Eide as chief operating officer and Karim Botros as managing partner. Prior to joining EHV, Eide was a partner at Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson while Botros worked as the chief strategy and innovation officer at Cleveland-based MetroHealth System.
3 min read · 16 July 2019
San Francisco-based Affinity, a relationship intelligence platform, has expanded its senior team with four new hires. Joining the company are Andy Bryson as vice president of product, Travis Ortiz as vice president of design, Brian Cloughley as vice president of customer success and Stephani Martin as vice president of people. Affinity is backed by Advance Venture Partners, 8VC, MassMutual Ventures, Sway Ventures, Pear Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital and Western Technology Investment.
4 min read · 15 July 2019
CIBC Innovation Banking, the technology lending arm of CIBC, has opened a new office in Austin, Texas. The location, which brings the group's North American offices to nine, will be joined by Sara Johnson, who was hired as managing director. CIBC Innovation Banking also expanded its teams in Menlo Park, hiring Holly Dungan as managing director, and Denver, Colorado, hiring Kevin Grossman as managing director, corporate finance. Dungan, Grossman and Johnson all previously worked as technology financing solutions providers in the U.S. market. PE Hub Canada last year interviewed Mark McQueen, the group's president and executive managing director, about his North American scaling strategy.
3 min read · 15 July 2019
San Francisco-based People.ai, a creator of an AI-powered revenue operations and intelligence system, has named Robin Ritenour to lead global business development, partnerships and channels. Also, the company has appointed Dana Ray as senior vice president of people. People.ai's backers included ICONIQ Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Y Combinator.
2 min read · 15 July 2019
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Kymera Therapeutics Inc, a biotechnology company, has named Dr. Nello Mainolfi as president and Bruce Jacobs as chief financial officer. Kymera's backers include 6 Dimensions Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Pfizer Ventures.
3 min read · 15 July 2019
New York-based S CAP, an impact investor focused on food and beverage and clean tech companies, has named Michael W. Walsh as both venture partner and vice president, finance and administration. Also, the firm has appointed Arjan Overwater as an adviser.
3 min read · 12 July 2019
