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Piper Jaffray & Co. expanded its technology media and telecommunications (TMT) group with the additions of David Silverman and Matt Kane as managing directors. Silverman and Kane join the TMT team in San Francisco and will be primarily responsible for expanding the group’s software franchise. Silverman brings more than 12 years of experience in technology finance, both as an investment banker and as a venture capital partner. He joins Piper Jaffray after serving as a partner at international private equity firm 3i, where he was responsible for sourcing, execution and board roles in both late-stage and emerging private company transactions across the technology industry. Silverman began his finance career at Robertson Stephens as an investment banker in their technology group. Kane brings 15 years of investment banking experience to Piper Jaffray. Most recently he was with Cowen and Company in their technology group responsible for mergers and acquisitions across various sectors of technology. Prior to Cowen he was at Thomas Weisel Partners and Merrill Lynch. -Business Wire