This week's IPO calendar includes expected pricings from AdCare Health Systems Inc., OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd., Canadian Solar Inc., KBW Inc., Thermage Inc., Metabolix Inc., Physicians Formula Holdings Inc. and ACA Capital Holdings.
CVC Capital Partners and PAI Partners have retained Goldman Sachs to help sell their positions in French animal feed company Provimi, according to Financial News Online.
Kodiak Venture Partners has begun to form a board of advisors. Its first two members are: Atiq Raza, founder and CEO of Raza Microelectronics; and Mike Volpi, senior vice president for Cisco's service provider group and routing technology group. www.kodiakvp.com
Pauline Brown has joined The Carlyle Group as a managing director in the firm's Consumer & Retail group. She previously was with Avon Products Inc., as senior vice president for corporate strategy and global business development. www.carlyle.com
Matthew Barger has decided to retire as vice chairman of Hellman & Friedman, according to Bloomberg. He will remain as a senior advisor to the firm. www.hf.com
Global Life Science Ventures of Germany has promoted both Holger Reithinger and Stephen McCormack to partner, according to VentureWire. www.life-science-ventures.de
SodaHead Inc., a Santa Clarita, Calif.-based social networking startup, has raised $4.25 million in Series A funding led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, according to a regulatory filing. The site is expected to be more serious issue-oriented than the typical social networking site. www.sodahead.com
Gecko Audio Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of network audio products, has raised $3 million in Series A funding led by Technology Venture Partners (Australia), according to a regulatory filing. www.geckoaudio.com
Verient Inc., a Cupertino, Calif.-based stealth-mode tech startup, has secured $2.13 million of an $8.45 million Series A round led by Global Catalyst Partners, according to a regulatory filing. www.verient.com
Enrique Martin has joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as a Miami-based shareholder within the global practice group, where he will focus on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, domestic and foreign issuer securities offering and venture capital transactions. He previously was a partner with Hunton & Williams. www.gtlaw.com