Jay Jamison joined BlueRun as a venture partner in November and will work alongside former Nokia veteran Kari-Pekka “K-P” Wilska.
Category: People
Citi hires Brackeen and VCs
Joining alongside Brackeen as managing director (MD) at Citigroup are Ramneek Gupta from Battery Ventures and Arvind Purushotham from Menlo Ventures.
Star Avenue Capital hires Elson
Craig Elson said: “Partnering with CAA and IPC gives Star an incredible range of branding, marketing, and business development resources.
Gazelle jumps on Ligon
Austin Ligon becomes non-executive chairman having been a director of Gazelle since 2007 after previously leading car retailer CarMax.
Piramal’s Gupta sets up IvyCap
Vikram Gupta said on his LinkedIn page that IvyCap Ventures would be launch an innovation and technology VC fund with an approach to focus on the entrepreneurs with high-quality professional educational backgrounds, such as from the India Institutes of Technology.
Westphal to leave SR One for own firm
David Phillips, a partner at SR One, said: “Christoph [Westphal] will transition out over next several quarters. He will assist in finding a long-term replacement and will continue to be supported by myself running Europe and Brian Gallagher running the US. Overall message is ‘business as usual’.”
Alliances in cross-sector innovation
Alliance managers create opportunities through innovation across non-traditional industries, such as high-tech with healthcare, construction and energy, but the types of partnerships undertaken are evolving.
Looking for a special blend of aptitudes
James Mawson, editor of Global Corporate Venturing, talks to Kyung Yoon, chief executive of Talent Age Associates, a global talent management firm at the start of a series of profiles of senior executives at multinational companies under the Innovation Talent Insights banner.
Gaule’s Question Time: IBM
As part of a series of interviews with leading venture investors and developers, Andrew Gaule, left, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venturing Network, talks to Wendy Lung, director, IBM Venture Capital Group
Tice takes top job at D.light Design
Tice succeeds founding CEO Sam Goldman D.light Design, who has been named chief customer officer.
Robinson to steer BMW i Ventures
Edward Robinson remains executive president of BMW Financial Services, Americas Region, after taking over as president of BMW i Ventures.
Pohl shoots onto BlackArrow board
Michael Pohl, a director at Ascent Media and BigBand Networks, has joined the board of BlackArrow, a US-based provider of video advertising.
Kapeskas to replace Koenning at UPS
Rimas Kapeskas, marketing director at UPS product research and development, will replace Alan Koenning, fund manager of ?UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund for the past nearly eight years.
TransTech USA merges with Clareo
The integration of TransTech USA with Clareo Partners adds consultants in natural resources, energy and clean technology to Clareo’s work with consumer packaged goods and technology companies, such as Kraft, Hewlett Packard, Alticor, Fulton Innovation and Zaharoff.