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Pacific Western Bank promotes Lynden to president of venture banking groupPacific Western Bank has promoted Sean Lynden to president of its venture banking group.
Wellington Financial adds new partners, opens San Jose officeCanadian specialty finance firm Wellington Financial has added Rob Helm and Sean Lynden to its team of professionals. Previously with U.S. private equity and venture capital firm Gold Hill Capital, Helm and Lynden have joined Wellington as partners. They will operate from the firm's newly established office in San Jose, California. Wellington also announced that Craig Netterfield, a partner since 2005, recently left the firm to join a startup. Based in Toronto, Wellington provides term, venture and amortizing loans up to $30 million. It is affiliated with Canadian mid-market private equity firm Clairvest Group.
In light of Lending Club IPO, a number of online lenders aim to disrupt banksLending Club, which on Aug. 27 filed for an IPO, is the most well-financed in the online lending sector that includes many startups focused on small businesses, the underbanked and even students.
- Data spotlight: Growing number of online lenders aim to disrupt banks
Lending Club, which potentially is headed toward an IPO, is the most well-financed in the online lending sector, which includes many startups focused on small businesses, the underbanked and even students.
Growing number of online lenders aim to disrupt banksLending Club, which potentially is headed toward an IPO, is the most well-financed in the sector, which includes many startups focused on small businesses, the underbanked and even students.
High Street Partners Inks $8MHigh Street Partners, a developer of business software and services focused around international expansion, inked $8 million in new financing. Baird Capital led the round, which included participation from Sigma Partners and Gold Hill Capital.
- Alaska cancels $650m in private equity, infrastructure commitments
The $28bn national oil fund has cancelled commitments to funds including Alinda and Pathway Capital as it tries to re-focus on ‘core’ asset classes amid continuing losses.
- PSERS cancels hundreds of millions in commitments
Cerberus, HgCapital, Apollo and Gold Hill are among the GPs to see agreed commitments evaporate as the Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System retrenches.
- Minnesota State Investment Board commits $626m across eight PE funds
The activity includes commitments to Advent and Summit.