Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Southern Cross Opens Palo Alto Office

Southern Cross Venture Partners, a Sydney, Australia-based venture capital firm, said Tuesday that it has opened up a Palo Alto office. According to Southern Cross, the Silicon Valley office will be led by Managing Director and co-founder John Scull; the firm has also added Larry Marshall as a managing director. Marshall has served as Chairman of Intersymbol Communications, which was acquired by Kodeos Communications. Recent Stanford GSB graduate Tristen Langley will also support the office, splitting her time between Sydney and Silicon Valley. Langley has previously served as an analyst at Draper Fisher Jurvetson.