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Brandon Capital taps Read for Bay Area presence

January 9, 2016 2:22 AM UTC

Australian venture firm Brandon Capital hired J. Leighton Read as a venture partner and head of the firm's newly opened office in Palo Alto, Calif. Read was most recently a managing member at Alloy Ventures, and previously was chairman and CEO of Aviron, which is now part of the MedImmune LLC unit of AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NYSE:AZN). Read will remain a venture partner at Alloy to support his existing investments. ...