Priscila Bala, formerly a director at Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, has joined Octopus Ventures.
UK-based VC firm Octopus Ventures has hired Yale University’s Priscila Bala (pictured), formerly of Yale University, to its New York office.
Bala was director of the mentor network at Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, where she was responsible for matching startups with advisers and expanding Yale’s network of entrepreneurs.
At Octopus, she will support the growth of the firm’s portfolio companies, seeking out ways for them to penetrate the US market.
Prior to Yale, she worked for Credit Suisse in the European…
