Suzanne Weinstock
The mid-market arm of Silver Lake, currently in fundraising mode, has hired John Brennan to grow the group’s investment team.
BlueRun Ventures and Founders Fund have invested $7 million in a social networking site ‘for models, photographers and fans of female pin-up photography.’
The mid-market private equity firm founded in 2006 has closed it first fund but has yet to make its first investment.
The Bay Area private equity firm has hired David Baylor to helm operations as the company grows.
Nascent private equity programmes for the Arizona State Retirement System and the Employees Retirement System of Texas are making major commitments to the asset class this year.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has teamed up with Blackstone and a Canadian telecom company to bid in an upcoming spectrum auction. The consortium has deposited $340 million toward that end.
The San Francisco-based private equity firm has spun off a software vendor into a stand-alone business for the first time since 2000, and has tapped a Benchmark GP to run the company.
The TPG Biotechnology II fund has led a $20.5 million round of financing in a sleep disorder company.
Hedge fund Pequot Capital will fracture for a second time with the spin-off of its multibillion venture unit.
A group of private equity firms, including initial backers RRE and Venrock, have invested $7.2 million in the Storm Exchange.