Monday, September 12, 2011

Claremont Creek Adds Two

Oakland-based Claremont Creek Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital investor, said Monday that it has added Brian Berger as an associate, and Dave Lyons as an entrepreneur-in-residence (EIR). Berger, who is an MD, will invest in new healthcare startups as part of the firm's healthcare investment team. Lyons was most recently an EIR at Accel Partners, and is the former VP of Engineering at Glacier Bay, former Director of Engineering at Tesla Motors, and was also at IDEO. Lyon is focused on clean technology and energy.