The $400m fund will be invested in communications and Internet infrastructure companies operating in Europe, the US and Israel.
The appointees will look to commercialise intellectual property coming out of the Universities of Leeds and Heriot-Watt.
DTU Invest has raised E11m from a syndicate comprising seven Danish-based corporations and three research institutions to invest in Danish start-up situations.
The electronics company has agreed to an E8m investment in nCoTecโs first venture capital fund, taking total commitments to E53m.
The Dutch private equity and VC investment manager has raised E530m from 25 international limited partners.
Investing in mid-market buyouts and development situations, ABN Amro Mezzanine has over ยฃ150m to spend.
Hicks Muse and Apax Partners are among the parties thought interested in buying NTL's mast business.
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Nexo, an Switzerland-based start-up, seeks to supply the automotive industry with telematics infrastructure and systems applications.
A fully functional infrastructure provides for a dynamic market place in Poland.
At the interim closing Jerusalem Venture Partners has $350m in commitments for its latest communications fund.
The private equity provider has led the ยฃ42.3m management buyout of Hunting Engineering, the UK defence contractor.
Private equity managers operating in Central and Eastern Europe say institutional investors will do well to move into local funds before the region matures.
An early stage technology fund investing in UK and Ireland has been set up that plans to use an advisory panel of seasoned technology entrepreneurs to add value.
The European VC firm believes now is the time to be investing in companies offering โmust haveโ products and services.