Institutional Venture Partners, a later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm, has promoted Melanie Chladek to administrative partner and chief financial officer.  She is responsible for managing the firm’s financial, operational and administrative activities.  Chladek was instrumental in the closing of Institutional Venture Partners XIII, a USD750m later-stage venture capital and growth equity fund, in August. “Melanie has been an essential part of IVP since 2000. She has managed the growth of our facilities, personnel and funds under management with tenacity and grace and is an essential and valuable part of our organisation,” says Steve Harrick, general partner of IVP.

Crosslink Capital, a venture capital and growth equity firm, has appointed Eric Chin as partner. Chin was most recently a general partner at Bay Partners. At Crosslink, Chin will focus on internet, software and technology startups, investing in early stage and later stage companies. Chin began his venture capital career in 1993 at Highland Capital Partners. He then co-founded internet server software company WebSpective in 1996 (acquired by Inktomi), and TelASIC in 2002, a Raytheon spinout which was acquired by Microelectronics Technology. "We are most pleased to have Eric join Crosslink," says Michael Stark, founder and partner at Crosslink Capital. 

Latin America focused New York law firm Schwartz has hired M&A and corporate deal lawyer Zachary S. Klughaupt as counsel, bolstering its Latin American capital markets practice.  Klughaupt, who is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, will divide his time between São Paulo and New York.  Kenneth Schwartz, Schwartz founder and managing partner, says: “Zach is highly regarded by our peers, and his strong background in M&A, finance and securities law reinforces our core strengths.”    Klughaupt began his legal career in the New York office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, where he advised private equity firms, investment banks and other

Invesco has appointed Henry Robin as a managing director in its fund of funds team.  Robin will be based in Invesco’s New York office where he will join founding partner Phil Shaw as co-head of the private equity fund of funds business. “It has been over six months since we launched the search for someone to manage the fund of funds business together with Phil,” says Mark Armour, head of Invesco Institutional and senior managing director of Invesco Ltd. “Henry’s experience and skill set make him a perfect fit with the seven investment professionals currently managing the group’s USD1.6bn in

OrbiMed, an investment management firm focused on the healthcare sector, has appointed Vince Burgess, Peter Thompson and Joseph Zakrewski as venture partners and Alexander Cooper as general counsel. Burgess, Thompson and Zakrewski will collaborate with OrbiMed’s team of approximately 40 investment professionals to invest in healthcare companies across all stages of development. Cooper will be responsible for leading OrbiMed’s legal and compliance affairs. Burgess (pictured) brings over 20 years of experience in healthcare operations, business development and venture capital investment to OrbiMed. Burgess was on the founding executive team at Volcano, where he was group president, advanced imaging systems, and

Matrix has appointed Vincenzo Narciso as partner in the private funds group, where he will focus on both originating and raising capital for international private equity and venture capital funds.  The private funds group at Matrix was founded in 2004 and works with a wide range of private equity firms providing advisory and fundraising services. Funds advised by the team have raised in excess of EUR1bn since inception. The team is part of the investment banking division of Matrix Group, a UK privately owned financial services businesses with GBP3.5bn assets under management.   Malcolm Le May, chief executive of investment