Boston's business elite have been busy this past week. Catch up on who's going where below:
Local venture firm and Twitter investor Spark Capital welcomed a new, young associate on Wednesday. Katie Bolin, 29-years-old, is the first female member of the company’s investment team. Prior to joining Spark, Bolin worked in marketing analyst and sales roles at Google Cambridge and DigitasLBi. Though she lacks startup experience, Bolin believes her past positions and penchant for data will allow her to bring value and fresh perspective to the firm’s portfolio companies.
“My digital marketing background will be useful. Having worked with a lot of different clients, I’ve seen a lot of different things,” shared Bolin, who also has a background in engineering, with BostInno. The new associate will be scoping out potential investments in Boston, New York and San Francisco. She’s “trying to keep an open mind” at this point, but noted an interest in the quantified self movement, pointing to Spark portfolio company RunKeeper. Read the full story here.
Boston startup Smarterer announced on Thursday that the company's Co-founder and executive chairman Dave Balter will transition to CEO. This personnel switch coincides with Smarterer's new round funding, worth $1.6 million. The newfound financing will be put towards fueling the development and growth of its new enterprise skills assessment solution, Flock.
"I couldn't be more thrilled to lead the team, with all the energy surrounding the company right now," Balter told BostInno. A serial entrepreneur, Balter is also a Co-founder and executive chairman at BzzAgent, the Global Head of dunnhumby Investments and the Co-founder of Intelligent.ly. Read the full story here.
Cambridge hospitality tech startup Dashbell brought on board Scott Kahan as its new VP of marketing and sales this week. Kahan previously worked as the director of sales at Newton-based FlightView. Founded in 2012, Dashbell is a Techstars Boston alum and provides small hotels in emerging markets with a platform that allows them to manage their reservations and availability and distribution through global partners.
Said Kahan in a statement to BostInno:
I'm very excited to take on a new challenge in helping Dashbell to grow and creating more awareness for lodgings around the globe about this essential technology which will help travelers find the unique properties where they want to stay.
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