US-based online coupon and deal marketplace WhaleShark Media has appointed Kelli Beougher as its chief operating officer. Beougher joined Whaleshark in 2009.
Last year WhaleShark Media secured $150m in financing from JP Morgan Asset Management, a division of financial services firm JP Morgan, and venture capital firm Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), bringing its total funding close to $300m.
WhaleShark had previously raised $143.5m from corporate venturing fund Google Ventures, as well as private equity (PE) firm Austin Ventures, PE investment management firm Adams Street Partners and investment firm Norwest Venture Partners.