Lyceum Capital has expanded its investment team with the appointments of Matthew Norrington and Thomas Alldred as the UK lower mid-market growth investor prepares to deploy its third fund.   Norrington joins as an investment director from LDC where he spent over five years originating and executing buyouts with enterprise

Karen Eliadis has joined venture capital firm Lux Capital as its chief financial officer based in Palo Alto.   Eliadis (pictured) was most recently the chief financial officer of BlueRun Ventures, a venture capital firm with more than USD1bn in assets, based in Menlo Park.   She was previously director

Sheryl Schwartz has joined Caspian Private Equity as managing director, investments and has also been appointed to Caspian’s investment and executive committees.   As part of Caspian’s investment team, she will lead investments in primary and secondary funds.   “We are very excited and confident that, with her knowledge and

Three private equity and technology executives have launched Bridge Growth Partners, a growth-oriented private equity investment firm.   Bridge Growth will leverage the investment experience, strategic insight and operational expertise of its principals to focus on investments in technology and financial services as well as technology-enabled opportunities in other sectors.

Lars Nyberg, former president and chief executive officer of Telia Sonera, has been appointed as board member of Segulah Advisor.   Nyberg (pictured) is also chairman of DataCard and Autoliv.   Between 1995 and 2003, Nyberg was chairman and chief executive of NCR Corp, where he continued as chairman until

PwC’s US deals practice has grown to nearly 1,600 professionals, a 12 per cent increase, focused on assisting clients with strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) and capital raising efforts.   "As businesses seek to capitalise on the current economic climate and succeed in a highly competitive deal environment, we continue

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) has elected Bobby Franklin to become its next president and chief executive commencing in September 2013.   Franklin (pictured) comes to the NVCA from CTIA – The Wireless Association where he has served as executive vice president since 2006, following two and a half

Texas-based private equity firm Teakwood Capital has appointed Kevin Klausmeyer as an executive partner.   Klausmeyer (pictured) has extensive software and technology industry experience at both public and private companies and understands the operational and financial issues faced by rapidly growing, global companies.   Klausmeyer has nurtured multiple software companies