Publicly traded Safeguard Scientifics Inc. has named Dr. Keith B. Jarrett to its board. Jarrett is a principal of Rockport Funding, a specialty finance start-up company incubator.

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Montreal-based growth equity fund Inerjys has added of Jigar Shah and Russell Pullan as partners. Shah joins Inerjys from the Carbon War Room, and was previously CEO of solar services firm SunEdison. Pullan joins […]

Makers of toilets and taps are sizing up Finnish rival Sanitec, put on the block by private equity group EQT with a price tag of up to 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), Reuters reported. Spanish family-owned group […]

Dell Inc. is in talks to buy Quest Software Inc., which had earlier agreed to be bought by Insight Venture Partners for $2 billion, Bloomberg reported, quoting sources. Quest said earlier this month it had […]

Wilmington, N.C.-based Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC has named David Simmons chairman and CEO. He joins from Pfizer Inc., where he served as president and general manager of the emerging markets and […]

Women’s apparel retailer Talbots Inc. said Sycamore Partners, with which it has been in exclusive talks for a buyout, is not prepared to execute a deal at this time. Talbots said it remains open to pursuing a […]

Triptrotting Inc. has raised $1.5 million in Series A financing from investors including Golden Seeds, Google Ventures, Idealab, LaunchpadLA, 500 Startups, WI Harper Group and individual angels. The company, which […]