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Runway Growth Capital LLC Hires Shayna Modarresi as Managing Director, to Focus on Technology Investing -- Founder of Lodestar Ventures Joins Runway's Origination Team -- News provided by Share this article WOODSIDE, Calif., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Runway Growth Capital LLC ("Runway"), a leading provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, announced today that it has hired Shayna Modarresi as a Managing Director.  Modarresi, who will focus on investments in the technology sector, will be based in Runway's Silicon Val...

Backer, and raised $8.4m in funding. The round was led by Crosslink Capital with participation from Rally Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Expansion Ventures, SoFi co-founder Dan Macklin, Patreon co-founder Sam Yam, veteran fintech investor Tom Blaisdell, Reach Capital, Ulu Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, and several universities (Princeton, Dartmouth, and USC). In conjunction with the funding, Jim Feuille, early investor and board member at Chime, Pandora, and Personal Capital, joined the Backer board. Led by founder and CEO Jordan Lee, Backer is a social savings platform that b...

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April 28, 2021 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst CollegeBacker, a U.S.-based  social savings platform for digital investment advice to 529 plans, announced on Wednesday it not only has changed its name to  Backer but has also raised $8.4 million in venture capital. According to Backer, the funding round was led by Crosslink Capital with participation from Rally Ventures, Correlation Ventures, and Expansion Ventures. Jim Feuille, an early investor and board member at Chime, Pandora, and Personal Capital, has joined the Backer board. Founded in 2016, Backer describes itself as a social savings pl...

Anzu Partners Managing Directors, from left to right: David Seldin, Whitney Haring-Smith and David Michael. Photo Courtesy of Anzu Partners. Anzu Partners, San Diego’s fourth largest venture capital firm, has added a partner from the international investment banking sector. William Strong, a former vice chairman and co-CEO for Asia Pacific Region at Morgan Stanley, has joined as a partner of Anzu Partners to spearhead strategic transactions. Strong has advised clients in more than 25 countries involved in capital-raising transactions across all product classes as well as mer...