Greylock Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has appointed entrepreneur and former Skype chief executive officer Josh Silverman to the position of executive in residence. Prior to joining Greylock, Silverman was the chief executive officer of Skype. Previously he was the chief executive officer of Shopping.com, part of eBay.
Climate Change Capital Private Equity, a EUR200m fund which invests in later stage European cleantech companies, has appointed a panel of energy and cleantech professionals to advise its investment team. The advisory panel includes: Peter Jones, former Biffa director; Lord Oxburgh, former non-executive chairman of Royal Dutch Shell; Dr Gayle
Genstar Capital, a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in the life sciences, healthcare, financial services, software and industrial technology industries, has appointed David J. Golde and Brett J. Shobe as senior associates. They will help the firm identify, evaluate and execute acquisition and investment opportunities. "We
GreensLedge Capital Markets has formed GreensLedge Asia, Tokyo Branch to expand the firm’s business activities in the Asian markets. Iku Nishino has joined GreensLedge Asia as a managing director and general manager where he will be responsible for providing capital markets advisory solutions and managing transaction executions from the firm’s
Olympus Partners, a Connecticut-based private equity firm, has promoted several staff members to principal and vice president levels. The following have been promoted to principal: Evan J. Eason, David M. Haddad, and Michael D. Horgan. Vice president promotions have been given to Jason M. Miller and Sean P. Whiteley. Olympus
German law firm Schultze & Braun, a business recovery, insolvency and restructuring specialist, has opened its Paris office. The Paris office is under the direction of Ellen Delzant and Patrick Ehret. Working in close collaboration with the teams in Germany, the Paris team advises French clients on all matters pertaining
Kana Software, a provider of software solutions for service experience management backed by Accel-KKR, has entered into a definite agreement to acquire Lagan Technologies, a provider of government to citizen technology. Lagan is being sold by DFJ Esprit, which was the largest shareholder in the company. The transaction will complement
General Atlantic, a growth equity firm, has made a series of promotions to managing director and principal level. The following have been promoted to managing director: Alexander A. Chulack, Cory A. Eaves and Brett B. Rochkind, all based in New York; Patricia L. Hedley, based in Greenwich, Connecticut; and Gabriel
Third Rock Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on launching life sciences companies, has appointed Steven M. Paul as venture partner. Paul is the former president of the Lilly Research Laboratories of Eli Lilly and now leads the Helen & Robert Appel Institute for Alzheimer’s Research at Weill Cornell Medical
Conyers Dill & Pearman has hired attorneys in London and Hong Kong and has strengthened its Cayman Islands and Bermuda practices. Veronica Strande joins Conyers’ London office where she specialises in capital markets, Islamic finance, restructuring and corporate matters. In Hong Kong, Conyers has appointed Japanese-speaking investment funds and corporate
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