Castlight Health, a provider of health care transparency solutions for employers and payers, has appointed John Driscoll as president. Castlight Health is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by investors including Allen & Company, Cleveland Clinic, Maverick Capital, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Oak Investment Partners, Redmile Group, T. Rowe Price, U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock, Wellcome [...]

Avenue Capital Group said Monday that Stephen Trevor was named a Senior MD focused on distressed-for-control investments. Trevor was previously co-head of the private equity business within Morgan Stanley Investment Management as well as co-head of Morgan Stanley Merchant Banking and Asset Management.

Better Place has raised $200 million through a Series C equity financing from a consortium of investors and partners. Since its founding in 2007, Better Place has raised more than $750 million of equity financing. New investors include GE and UBS AG, among others. Existing shareholders, including Israel Corp, HSBC Group, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, [...]

Workday Inc., a maker of software-as-a-service products for enterprise human resources, payroll and financial management, has raised $85 million in Series F financing. T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Janus Capital Group Inc. and Bezos Expeditions contributed to the round. Workday was formed in 2005, and focuses on a cloud-based alternative for HR software. Allen & Co. acted as financial adviser to Workday for the financing.