Deutsche Telekom's corporate venturing unit is joining forces with Matáv, the Hungarian telecoms operator, to launch an investment fund in Q1 of 2002.
Mark Anson becomes chief investment officer for the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) following Daniel Szente’s resignation last month.
This is the first time in nearly a decade that the government has directly involved itself in venture capital funding.
The international law firm has rehired a former private equity and VC investment banker as a partner in its Munich office.
Gyro, a company developing microfluidic technologies for the life sciences market, has taken $30m in funding from a syndicate of investors.
The E166m purchase of Leybold Optics is the first German acquisition for EQT Northern Europe.
Xantos takes E21m funding; AMJPE invests £550,000 in security technology; T-Ventures invests in Boden subsidiary; UK’s Astex secures £5.7m funding;
For the third time in a row, AMPJE has been made advisor to a fund raised by The Greater Manchester Pension Fund.
Swiss healthcare investment house NMT New Medical Technologies has hired Beat Hermann.
The German venture capitalist is looking to close its second fund by the end of the first quarter in 2002.