Hansjee was on the board of legacy European corporate venturing deals he made, such as Fon, Ubiquisys and DotMobi, but has left to join buyout firm EQT as a senior adviser.

Anil Hansjee (pictured), head of mergers and acquisitions including some minority investments for Europe Middle East and Africa at US-listed search engine Google, has left to join private equity (PE) firm EQT Partners.

Sweden-based EQT has just reportedly made a first close on its sixth leveraged buyout fund at €3.5bn ($5bn), according to news provider Financial Times.

Buyout firms have increasingly targeted the information technology and internet sector as the technology industry matures and generates more free cash to…