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Helinet Aviation Services, a Van Nuys, Calif.-based provider of aviation services to a variety of industries, has acquired Shotover Camera Systems, developer of a gyro-stabilized camera system for shooting aerial footage in the next-gen digital video standard Ultra High-Definition. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Mike Mullen, a commercial real estate development executive, has joined the board of IndCor, a Chicago-based real estate company. IndCor is also a portfolio company of New York-based Blackstone.

Gramercy, an emerging markets investment manager based in Greenwich, Conn., has formed a new Latin American PE team led by Gustavo Ferraro, a managing director and head of Latin American Markets at Gramercy, and David Britts, a managing partner at the venture capital firm Fuse Capital, which is winding down.

Sequoia's Doug Leone blabs boldly about the firm's closeted seed stage investments, investor Fred Wilson hasn't led a single deal in 2012, Apple redraws its maps after Australian drivers are led astray in scorching temperatures in search of a misplaced town, and so much more!

Endosense, a Geneva-based medical technology company, has named Nicolas Marsault as its new CFO. Marsault has previously worked in a variety of managerial positions at Merck Serono. He replaces Endosense’s previous chief financial officer, Andrea Buscaglia.

Hancock Fabrics, a Baldwyn, Miss.-based fabric retailer, has entered into an amended and restated loan and security agreement. The new, $100 million senior secured asset-based credit facility matures in November 2016. The company also closed on a $15 million term loan credit facility that mature in November 2016.

This week, entrepreneurs are discussing Proposition 30, a temporary personal income tax hike in California that will impact the most successful of them. But dislike it though they may, it's not enough to drive them out of California -- not by a long shot.

ICV Partners of New York, a private equity firm focused on lower middle market companies, has acquired San Ramon, Calif.-based Safe Security, maker of residential and commercial security alarm systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

BDO, the accounting and consulting organization, has named Todd Kinney Relationship Director for the firm's national private equity practice. In the role, Kinny, who joined BDO in 2003, will be responsible for implementing the firm's private equity industry growth strategy by sourcing new PE clients and opportunities.

HealthcareSource, a Woburn, Mass.-based, healthcare industry focused software company, has acquired 17-year-old NetLearning, a maker of learning management software for the healthcare industry. Terms of the acquisition aren't being disclosed.