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ff Venture Capital Announces New Strategic Hire, Promotes Seven and Adds to Portfolioff Venture Capital ("ffVC"), one of the top performing seed- and early-stage venture capital firms in the U.S., announced today that Andrew Buemi has joined as Director of Communications and seven in the firm have been promoted, including Ryan Armbrust to Managing Director. The firm also announced the addition of ten new companies to the portfolio in 2015:
In his new role, Buemi will lead strategic communications efforts for ffVC as well as work closely with portfolio companies in their public relations, branding, marketing, and related initiatives. Buemi joins ffVC from Edelman (News - Alert) NY's Financial Services practice, where he led strategic media relations campaigns for a range of financial, technology, and professional services firms. Previously, Buemi worked in Weber Shandwick's Corporate Issues & Crisis Management practice, helping clients navigate a range of special situations in the media. "I'm thrilled to be joining ffVC and look forward to enhancing the firm's communications efforts," said Buemi. "In an increasingly crowded early-stage venture capital space, ffVC stands apart for its top-quartile performance, its 'acceleration team' of 20+ investment and operations professionals, and a portfolio of some of the most promising companies in the world." A key promotion within the firm includes Ryan Armbrust to Managing Director. Since joining ffVC in 2012, Armbrust has been an integral adviser and director to many of the firm's portfolio companies, providing guidance on product marketing, strategic partnerships, recruiting, and growth acceleration practices. "We recognize the outstanding work of Ryan and his colleagues on the acceleration team, all of whom exemplify our strategy of being hands-on investors in every aspect of company building," said Frankel. "We bring an order of magnitude more resources than any venture capital firm of our size, which will continue to add value to our portfolio companies and our investors." Other newly announced promotions include core members of ffVC's acceleration team: Paul Bianco, Director; Rich Duda, Director, Fund Accounting; David Frankel (News - Alert), Senior Associate; Andrew Kangpan, Associate; and Steven Greenberg, Associate. About ff Venture Capital ff Venture Capital ("ffVC") is one of the best performing seed- and early-stage venture capital firms in the U.S. With investments in UAVs, smart locks, cloud-based security, machine learning, enterprise software and crowdfunding, ffVC identifies and invests in technology and technology-enabled companies at their inception - across geographies and emerging industries. With five partners and an acceleration team of 20+ investment and operations professionals, ffVC actively participates with founders to develop products, target markets and accelerate growth. Since 2008, ffVC has invested in 80+ companies and created aggregate market value exceeding $2.5 billion. ff Venture Capital | Twitter | Facebook
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