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Borro, a New York-based "lending marketplace for luxury personal assets," has appointed Nigel Morris as chairman of its board. Morris cofounded Capital One and is currently the managing partner of QED Investors, an investment fund in Alexandria, Va.
Receptos, a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company working to develop treatments for immune and metabolic diseases, has a new CFO: Graham Cooper. Cooper was previously CFO at Geron Corporation and Orexigen Therapeutics.
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BackBay Communications, a public relations firm with offices in New York and Boston, has hired George White as an account supervisor in its New York office and Alissa Doherty as a senior account executive in its Boston location. White was most recently a financial journalist at The Deal; Doherty comes from the financial technology company ITG.
Pressure Biosciences, a Boston-based company that develops lab instruments, has named Mickey Urdea to its board of directors. Urdea founded and is a managing partner for Halteres Associates, a biotechnology consulting firm. He also founded and served as CEO of Tethys Bioscience.
Boston-based healthcare tech company Kyruus has a new board member: Ed Park, the COO of Athenahealth. Park was an early investor in Kyrruus, which has raised roughly $20 million from investors including Highland Capital Partners and Venrock since 2011.
Singapore-based Asia Growth Capital Advisors (AGCA) has acquired of a portfolio of private equity investments in Asia from Credit Suisse, its affiliates and other investors in Credit Suisse Private Equity Asia Partners, L.P. AGCA worked with HarbourVest Partners, which was the lead investor in the transaction.
Desert NDT, an Odessa, Tex.-based testing company serving the mid-stream oil and gas market, has appointed Larry Ames as CEO. Ames was formerly the CEO and president of the Americas at Transfield Services. He succeeds Doug Frey, who will remain a director on the company's board.
Flamel Technologies, a drug discovery company based in Lyon, France, has raised $15 million in debt financing from New York-based Deefield Management Company. Deerfield is an existing shareholder; the funding -- which Flamel will have to pay back in four years' time, along with 12.5 percent interest interest -- will allow Flamel to continue its investment in R&D.