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Peter Thomson, Thomvest Back Lending Club

Lending Club, the online platform for investing in and acquiring personal loans, announced that Peter Thomson has become a cornerstone investor in the Conservative Consumer Credit Fund. In addition, Thomvest, Thomson’s venture fund, has taken an equity interest in Lending Club alongside Union Square Ventures. Peter Thomson also serves as director of Thomson Reuters, the publisher of this website.

SAP Gets Right with Right Hemisphere

SAP AG will acquire Right Hemisphere, the provider of enterprise solutions that is based in California and New Zealand. Specifics of the transaction were not publicized. The startup’s backers include Sutter Hill Ventures, Sequoia and NVidia.

Backers Stack up to Fund Fingerprint Digital

Fingerprint Digital, the network for children’s games, learning tools and entertainment on mobile devices, has secured $1.4 million from K2MediaLabs, THQ, Reed Elsevier Ventures and Suffolk Holdings. Fingerprint Digital is based in San Francisco.

Lazard Hires Former Greenhill Founder

Lazard Ltd hired Timothy M. George to join the bank's Financial Advisory business. George was previously a founding partner of boutique investment bank Greenhill & Co and a member of its management committee.

Highland Capital Adds Insight Ventures Pro

Highland Capital Partners is adding Sam Brooks as a principal for its European team. Brooks comes to the VC after most recently working with Insight Venture Partners, on investments including PhotoBox, OverDrive, Groupalia, Mentez, Studio Moderna, 3P Learning, Privalia, Beatport, PerTrac, Netsmart Technologies (sold to Genstar Capital) and Primavera Systems (sold to Oracle).

Resurgence Capital Secures Debt Financing from Javlin Capital

Leerink Swann Hires Bill Suddath as Managing Director

Seacoast Capital Adds Timothy Fay as Partner in SF Office

Michael Wilkins Joins Harris Williams as Senior, West Coast Tech Banker

Facebook “Likes” Erskine Bowles

Erskine Bowles, president emeritus of the UNC university system and most recently, co-chair of President Barack Obama’s bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, will join Facebook’s board. Bowles also holds board positions with Morgan Stanley, Cousins Properties Inc., Norfolk Southern Corp. and Belk Inc.