This week’s Moves in VC contains 8 moves and 8 new fund announcements, compiled from 40+ sources.
ICYMI
🔵 Kylie Jordan joined Pontiva Healthcare Partners as Vice President of Operations & Head of Investor Relations. Kylie previously worked at Gameto as a Director of Investor Relations. Pontiva Healthcare Partners is a life sciences investment firm focusing on therapeutics and medical technology companies.
WESTERN US
🟢 Graham Littlehale joined Felicis as a Partner. Graham previously worked at Point72 Ventures as a Partner.
🟢 Jerry Dischler was promoted to Partner at Angular Ventures. Angular Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focusing on enterprise technology companies.
🟢 Claire Palmer joined Menlo Ventures as a Director of Investor Relations. Claire previously worked at J.P. Morgan as an Executive Director.
🟢 Gretchen Robinson joined True Ventures as the Head of Investor Relations. Gretchen previously worked at GI Partners as a Capital Formation and Business Development Director.
🟢 Nicole DeTommaso left her role as a Principal at Harlem Capital to pursue her own entrepreneurial endeavors. Harlem Capital is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm.
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EASTERN US
🟠 Lucy Goldfarb joined AlleyCorp as an Investor. Lucy previously worked at Lead Edge Capital as an Investor.
🟠 Left Lane Capital announced several promotions:
- Erica Amatori, Alex Wu, and Francesca Bresciani were promoted to Partner of Platform, Partner of Talent, and Director of Platform, respectively.
- Liz Atkisson was promoted to Senior Vice President of Finance, Compliance, and Operations.
- Elizabeth Donovan was promoted to Vice President of Investor Relations & Business Development.
- Arjun Kapoor and Paddy Dillon were promoted to Principals.
CANADA
🟡 Aashna Kumar joined Upside as a Partner. Aashna previously worked at Vistara Growth as a Senior Associate. Upside is an early-stage investment fund spanning B2C tech, commerce, media, sports, and entertainment.
NEW FUNDS
These firms are ready to write checks, with new funds recently closed.
🔴 London-based Index Ventures raised a new $400M seed fund, $900M venture fund, and a $2.2B growth fund.
🔴 London-based Highland Europe announced its sixth $1.3B fund to back Europe’s technology leaders.
🔴 Chicago-based Jump Capital closed its eighth $350M fund to invest in companies building infrastructure and tooling for AI adoption.
🔴 New York-based Align Ventures closed its second $125M fund to focus on early-stage consumer brands and technologies.
🔴 India-based Anicut Capital closed its second $18.4M fund to support early-stage deeptech, enterprise technology, consumer businesses, and financial services startups.
🔴 Milan-based Italian Founders Fund closed its latest $115.3M fund to support technology entrepreneurs.
🔴 Mumbai-based Inflexor Ventures closed its third $42.1M fund to back early-stage technology startups.
🔴 Singapore-based Psalion launched its third $50M fund to focus on early-stage blockchain startups.
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