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North Bridge Growth Equity promotes Matt Blodgett to partner

North Bridge, an active partner for early-stage entrepreneurs, has promoted Matt Blodgett to partner.   In addition, North Bridge is has promoted Holly Maloney to principal and Kaitie Donovan has returned as principal to the growth equity team.   Since joining the firm in 2007, Blodgett has developed investment partnerships

Private equity lawyer Ariel Yehezkel joins Sheppard Mullin in New York

Ariel Yehezkel has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice group, based in the firm’s New York office.   Yehezkel joins from Kirkland & Ellis.   "Ariel is a terrific addition to the firm. We continue to grow our New York office and

Hilary Mason joins Accel Partners as data scientist in residence

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners has appointed Hilary Mason as data scientist in residence.   She will serve as an advisor to the firm’s portfolio companies and assist with evaluating new technologies and investment opportunities.   "Hilary’s data science expertise coupled with her interest in mentoring entrepreneurs makes

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Summer Street Capital appoints Amy Standing as CFO

Summer Street Capital Partners, a Buffalo, New York-based private equity fund, has appointed Amy Standing as chief financial officer.    Concurrently, Summer Street’s current CFO, Ron Fleissner will begin his transition into retirement.   Standing joined Summer Street in June 2013 from Discover Financial Services, a publicly traded direct banking

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Nina Tannenbaum joins AllianceBernstein’s alternatives team

Nina Tannenbaum has joined AllianceBernstein as managing director of alternatives sales and client services.   Tannenbaum will work with AllianceBernstein’s growing alternatives team to further build out its diverse product offerings as well as service the complex needs of clients to integrate alternatives into their current investment portfolios and risk

Lightyear Capital names Richard Korhammer senior adviser

Lightyear Capital, a New York-based private equity firm focused on financial services investing, has appointed Richard Korhammer as senior adviser. Korhammer (pictured) will draw upon his extensive background in financial technology to help identify and evaluate financial technology and capital markets investment opportunities for Lightyear.   In 1999, Korhammer co-founded

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The Blueshirt Group adds veteran equity analyst to senior team

The Blueshirt Group, a financial communications and IPO advisory firm, has expanded its internet practice with the addition of veteran internet, education and business services analyst James Samford as managing director.   Most recently, Samford was a senior equity research analyst at Citigroup Global Markets covering the business and education

EDHEC-Risk Institute adds eight new members to international advisory board

Eight new members have joined EDHEC-Risk Institute’s international advisory board, which brings together scholars, representatives of regulatory bodies as well as senior executives from business partners and other leading institutions.   The role of the international advisory board is to validate the relevance and goals of the research programme proposals

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Kinetic Partners enhances due diligence services with senior hire in New York

Brad Ackerman has joined Kinetic Partners’ New York office as a director within the consulting team.   In his new role, Ackerman will support the existing due diligence team and further develop the global alternative investment operational due diligence service offering to investors.   An increasing number of investors are

RRE Ventures expands investment team

RRE Ventures, an early stage venture investor based in New York, has appointed Steve Schlafman as a principal.   Schlafman (pictured) brings a wide range of investment experience to RRE.    "New York represents one of the most exciting markets in the Venture Capital industry today," says Stuart Ellman, RRE Ventures co-managing partner.  "As one of the largest and most active

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