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Jonathan Weiss was named CFO of CrowdGather. He replaces Gaurav Singh, who was CrowdGather's CFO. Singh resigned from the company on Sept. 24 to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. Most recently, Weiss was CFO for Xtranormal. CrowdGather reportedly raised $7.85 million in funding through a private placement in 2011.
Crosslink Capital said it raised $320 million for its latest fund. Crossover Fund VI will be actively invested through April 30, 2018 and 6% of total funding has been committed by Crosslink’s General Partners and employees. Crosslink, of San Francisco, is s venture capital and growth equity firm with over $1.8 billion in assets. Investments include Pandora, Ancestry.com and Omniture.
Philip Astley-Sparke has joined Forbion Capital Partners as a venture partner based in Boston. He had been BioVex’s president and CEO since 2005. Once Amgen acquired BioVex in March 2011, Astley-Sparke served as VP and GM of Amgen until the following December. PRESS RELEASE Forbion Capital Partners today announced Philip Astley-Sparke, the former President and CEO […]
John Berg, a former general partner of Weston Presidio Capital, has agreed to invest in Financo and is joining the IB as its CEO. Colin Welch is also investing and will remain as Financo’s president and CEO. Welch will also be CEO of Financo’s London-based European operations. Gilbert Harrison, who founded Financo, will continue as […]
Technology M&A slowed down in August, as the summer lull continues. But PE-backed tech mergers remain respectable.
Host Analytics named Dave Kellogg its new CEO. Most recently, Kellogg was a SVP and general manager of the Service Cloud at salesforce.com. Host Analytics has received funding from Next World Capital, Advanced Technology Ventures, StarVest Partners and Trident Capital. PRESS RELEASE Host Analytics, the leader in cloud corporate performance management (CPM), today appointed enterprise software […]
Jeff Kindler, the former Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, has joined Lux Capital as a venture partner. Kindler will help identify new healthcare investment opportunities and work with Lux portfolio companies. PRESS RELEASE Lux Capital, a leading venture capital firm, today announced that former Pfizer Chairman and CEO Jeff Kindler joined the firm as a […]
Plink has closed a $3 million Series A round of funding from Grotech Ventures. Plink provides a loyalty program that rewards members for dining and shopping at their favorite national restaurants and offline stores. The company in April raised $633,000 via an angel round led by Matomy Media Group. PRESS RELEASE DENVER, CO–(Marketwire – Aug […]
Thomas Bassinger has joined Leerink Swann’s investment banking group as an MD. He will focus on capital market advisory opportunities as well as strategic relationships with corporate and VC clients. Bassinger joins Leerink from Rockport Venture Partners, which he co-founded in 2001. PRESS RELEASE Leading healthcare investment bank Leerink Swann today announced that Thomas Bassinger […]
DFJ Gotham Ventures said late Monday that Thatcher Bell was promoted to MD. He was previously a principal at the firm. Bell joined DFJ Gotham in 2005 and focuses on investments in software, internet, financial technology, and digital marketing. PRESS RELEASE DFJ Gotham Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital firm based in New York, today […]