Private Equity
Dynamk Capital, a venture firm focused on early-stage life sciences companies, has named Dr. Gustavo Mahler as a venture partner. Mahler is the former CEO of AGC Biologics.
2 min read · 30 May 2019
Israel-based OurCrowd, an equity crowdfunding platform, has named Alec Ellison as chairman of the board. Ellison is a former vice chairman of Jefferies and founder of Outvest Capital.
3 min read · 30 May 2019
Israel-based OurCrowd, an equity crowdfunding platform, has named Alec Ellison as chairman of the board. Ellison is a former vice chairman of Jefferies and founder of Outvest Capital.
3 min read · 30 May 2019
Growth-equity investor Oak HC/FT announced it added Michael Vaughan as an Executive-in-Residence to help develop and advise new fintech businesses. Vaughan formerly was COO of Venmo, where he worked for eight years, leading the company with its Series A round in 2011 through acquisitions to Braintree and then to PayPal.
1 min read · 30 May 2019
Flagship Pioneering has made four executive partners. They are Dr. Robert Berendes, Ron Hovsepian, Theo Melas Kyriazi and Dr. John Mendlein.
5 min read · 28 May 2019
Flagship Pioneering has made four executive partners. They are Dr. Robert Berendes, Ron Hovsepian, Theo Melas Kyriazi and Dr. John Mendlein.
5 min read · 28 May 2019
Jim Breyer will leave the Harvard Corp. at the end of June after six years of service, according to a report in The Harvard Gazette.
1 min read · 23 May 2019
Canopy Rivers, the venture capital arm of Canopy Growth Corp (TSX: WEED, NYSE: CGC), has promoted Narbé Alexandrian to CEO, effective immediately. Alexandrian replaces Bruce Linton, co-CEO of Canopy Growth, who will continue in his role as chairman of Canopy Rivers' board. Alexandrian joined Canopy Rivers in 2018 from OMERS Ventures, where he served as a senior associate. Before then, he was a senior strategy manager in Telus Corp’s internet of things group. The promotion is Alexandrian's second this year. In January, he was appointed president. Based in Smith Falls, Ontario, Canopy Growth is a cannabis and hemp company.
4 min read · 23 May 2019
Israel and New York City-based ThetaRay, a provider of AI-based big data analytics, has named Steve Mann as chief marketing officer. He is the former CMO for Arachnys and Axioma. ThetaRay's backers include Jerusalem Venture Partners, GE, Bank Hapoalim, OurCrowd and SVB Investments.
2 min read · 21 May 2019
Glasswing Ventures appointed Meredith McPherron as a venture partner. Her work background includes roles at a variety of companies such as General Mills and Guinness Import Co. She is also an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Harvard Innovation Lab.
2 min read · 16 May 2019
