Amanda Janis
The Silicon Valley venture capital firm has closed its fourth fund, which will focus on more developed technology companies than those in which it typically invests.
Mark Nydam has been hired as a cleantech and technology specialist for PCG Asset Management, the reorganised division of turnover-plagued gatekeeper Pacific Corporate Group.
The US financial services firm has started a private equity group that will seek expansion stage investment opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Former Apax partner Roger Hurwitz has joined Fidelity Ventures, which recently increased its current fund by $150m to better focus on growth equity deals.
Former Ripplewood managing director Robert Berner has joined CVC Capital’s New York office, as the international private equity firm continues to strengthen its US presence.
The joint venture between Venturion Capital and former Marsh & McLennan chief Jeffrey Greenberg has closed its first fund.
The Waltham, Massachusetts-based venture capital firm has closed its fourth fund, and recently added a new general partner, Elliot Katzman, to its team of 8 investment professionals.
Warburg Pincus’ investor relations team is to gain John Shearburn, the former head of North American product management for Goldman Sachs’ private equity group.
The head of Apax’s US retail/consumer division, Chris Reilly, has founded a new firm with colleague Allan Karp, a co-founder of Saunders Karp & Megrue, which merged with Apax in 2005.
PCG Asset Management, the new spin-out of beleaguered gatekeeper Pacific Corporate Group, has appointed David Fann as CEO and Gerard Drummond as board chairman.