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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 2005.
Previously, Nyberg held several managerial positions in Philips and was a member of Philips Group Management Committee.
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 to invest in our deals team to help clients make better business decisions on their transactions and help them focus on the right deals at the right time," says Martyn Curragh, PwC’s US deals leader. "Our deals business has continued to grow amid the restrained M&A environment, showcasing dealmakers’ need
Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative and Wayra, Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator, have signed a partnership to support innovative start-ups.
The collaboration involves Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative and Wayra to nurture and help grow innovation ecosystems in Europe and Latin American. The agreement aims to find synergies between both initiatives to support the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, sharing deal flows in relevant technology areas, extending mentoring, acceleration services, business development, international expansion and investors reach for the top start-ups from both programmes in their relevant territories.
Intesa Sanpaolo and Wayra believe that a direct involvement in the support of innovative
Vertos Medical, a specialist in treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), has closed a financing of almost USD23m.
The proceeds will be used to fund US commercial expansion and the launch of mild in European markets.
The financing was led by Pitango Venture Capital and joined by existing investors including ONSET Ventures, CHL Medical Partners, Foundation Medical Partners, Mercury Fund and Aweida Venture Partners.
"We are pleased to partner with Pitango, an experienced investor with global presence, and we are fortunate to have the ongoing commitment and confidence of our existing investors," says James Corbett, Vertos’ president
Riverstone Holdings, an energy and power investment firm, has closed its latest conventional energy private equity fund, Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V, with total commitments of USD7.7bn.
The fund’s original target was USD6bn.
Fund V will pursue the same investment strategy that Riverstone was founded on 13 years ago and has followed ever since—building energy and power businesses around the world with exceptional management teams. To date, Fund V has invested USD2.3bn in 19 companies, including eight repeat management teams.
David M Leuschen and Pierre F Lapeyre, Jr, co-founders of Riverstone, say: "We are extremely pleased
Personetics, a provider of predictive customer engagement solutions for the banking industry, has completed its series B funding of USD11.5m, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with existing investors Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures.
This investment will be used to drive sales and scale operations to meet the growing demand for predictive solutions that transform the digital experience for banking customers.
Following the series B funding, Yoni Cheifetz (pictured), partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, will join the Personetics board.
“This round of funding is a significant milestone for Personetics that confirms the huge value and potential of our offering,
International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Rutland Partners on the simultaneous acquisitions of AFI-Uplift in the UK, Access Rental Gulf in the Middle East and Hi-Reach in the UK for a combined enterprise value of circa GBP85m.
All three businesses are providers of powered access equipment rental for performing work at height. AFI also provides complementary services including safety related training and the resale of ex fleet and third party sourced machines. The triple acquisition cements AFI’s position as a leading operator in the UK market and creates an enlarged group that will be well positioned for further domestic and international
Alter Domus, a provider of Corporate and Fund Services to private equity houses, real estate firms, multinationals and private clients, has moved to a new Corporate Governance structure that is more in line with its operating model and future challenges.
The Alter Domus Group Management Responsibilities have now been divided between a Board of Directors and a Group Executive Committee and also two further sub-committees, the Audit & Risk Committee and the HR Committee.
There will now be a clear segregation between the setting out of the strategic direction, which will be at the Board level and the implementation of
A consortium of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Titan International and One Equity Partners (OEP) has reached an agreement in principle with Cordiant to invest in Voltyre-Prom, a Russian agricultural and industrial tyre manufacturer.
The transaction is expected to be finalised in the near future.
As result of the investment the consortium will own a controlling stake in Voltyre-Prom, with Titan International becoming its managing partner. The consortium’s investment will allow Voltyre-Prom to update its operations, grow its production of specialty tires for international agricultural machinery, reduce imports by shifting production to Russia and begin to explore
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 years as vice president of government affairs. He will succeed Mark Heesen who has been with the NVCA since 1991. Heesen will become president emeritus and remain with NVCA during the transition period to advise the association.
Franklin’s appointment concludes an extensive search led by Russell Reynolds and the
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