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Verdecanna joins Ballistic Ventures as strategic advisor

Verdecanna was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Mandiant until its $5.4 billion acquisition by Google in 2022.

B Capital taps H.I.G. and Blackstone vet Akazhanov as GP

Akazhanov will focus on strategic growth equity investments in technology and tech-enabled services companies.

Nobel Laureate Dr. Rothman joins Celesta Capital as senior advisor

The deeptech firm is currently raising in market raising its fifth fund.

ARCH Venture Partners promotes Ritter to partner

Ritter, who joined ARCH Venture Partners in 2018, is a director at Slingshot Biosciences, Quantum Circuits, Elephas Biosciences and Enumerix.

TDK Ventures hires Ravi Jain to lead VC investments in new India office

TDK Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Japanese electronics company TDK Corporation, has hired Ravi Jain to lead its its regional India investments at its new India office.

Equal Opportunity Ventures hires Rhee as venture partner

Previously, Rhee co-founded BuildingWithin, a workplace learning software startup.

Anzu Partners taps Clark as principal and capital solutions SVP

Clark will support capital strategies for Anzu’s family of funds and continue to expand the firm’s co-investor network from Washington, DC.