Venture capitalist Eric Hjerpe has become a partner at Kepha Partners in Waltham, MA, according to the VC firm. He was previously a partner and venture partner in the Waltham office of Atlas Venture, where he worked with Atlas portfolio companies such as Active Endpoints, a business process managment software firm headquartered in Waltham, and Fireclick, a California Web analytics firm sold to Digital River (NASDAQ:[[ticker:DRIV]]) in 2004. Last year Xconomy published Hjerpe’s take on what makes a deal appealing to VCs.
Author: Ryan McBride
Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News.
Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.
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