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Madding joins CM Capital crowd

Bruce Madding becomes president and chief investment officer of Cha Group’s US investment subsidiary.

Switzerland-based drugs company Roche will initially provide Aileron with $25m and up to $1.1bn in milestone payments if developments are successful.

DeCarta, a maker of geospatial software formerly known as Telcontar, gains two-thirds of expected series D round.

Intel and CBS-backed TextDigger sells to John Batelle’s Federated Media Publishing.

Mobile phone maker Nokia gains exit as indirect investor in Like.com, which Google is buying.

BT Imaging (BTi), an Australia-based supplier of inspection equipment for solar panels, brings in strategic investor Applied Ventures.

PocketGear raises $15m for series B round from consortium including BlackBerry Partners Fund.

Realtime Technology (RTT), a Germany-listed 3D visualization software company, sells stake to industrial peer Siemens.

Novartis Option Fund joins consortium investing $10m in Anchor Therapeutics’ series B round.

Vodafone Ventures and a subsidiary of Japan-based conglomerate Softbank join venture consortium investing $18m in PlaySpan’s series C round.

Darberry and Qpod sell majority stakes to discount coupon company Groupon.

Conduit Labs sells to social gaming peer Zynga.

Games developer Realtime Worlds enters restructuring after more than $80m of venture funding.

Dow Ventures and American Superconductor support wind turbine technology from veteran Paul Rudling.