This week’s Moves in VC contains 7 Moves and 6 new fund announcements, compiled from 40+ sources.
ICYMI
🔵 Abby Meyers was promoted from Principal to Partner at Bain Capital Ventures. Bain Capital Ventures invests in early stage B2B software startups across fintech, commerce, apps, and infra.
EASTERN US
🟠 Nicholas Novarro joined Correlation Ventures as an Associate. Nicholas previously worked at Remedy Product Studio in Investments and Partnerships. Correlation Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm.
WESTERN US
🟣 Peter Lenke joined M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, as a Managing Partner. Peter previously worked at Atlassian as the Head of Atlassian Ventures.
🟣 Maggie Basta and Max Abram were promoted to Principal at Scale Venture Partners. Damian Gardiner was also promoted to Senior Associate.
🟣 Sabrina Albert was promoted to Partner at Madrona Venture Group. Madrona Venture Group is an early stage investor focusing on machine learning, AI, marketplaces, devops, biotech and across the technology spectrum.
🟣 Gabriela Camilli was promoted to Senior Associate at Act One Ventures. Act One Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in founders transforming and scaling businesses in the AI economy.
🟣 Emily Cohen left her role as a Partner at Neo. She will be staying on as an Advisor and joining Cognition as a Head of Business Operations. Neo is a mentorship community, startup accelerator, and VC fund.
🟣 Anarghya Vardhana is transitioning from Partner to Venture Partner at Maveron and has joined Vanta as an Investor in Residence and leading their VC partnerships.
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NEW FUNDS
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🔴 McLean-based Veteran Ventures Capital raised its second $60M fund to focus on defense and aerospace sectors.
🔴 Kolkata-based IIM-Calcutta Innovation Park announced a $5.7M fund to back early stage cleantech and sustainability startups.
🔴 Mumbai-based Boundless Ventures launches its $22.8M fund to support AI startups emerging from India.
🔴 Stockholm-based Norrsken Evolve closed its $66M fund to target startups transforming energy, manufacturing, logistics, construction, food, healthcare, information security, democracy, and climate resilience.
🔴 London-based Clean Growth Fund closed its second $66M fund to back innovations across power and energy systems, transport and mobility, industrial decarbonisation, buildings and the built environment, agrifood and land use, circular economy, waste and water.
🔴 Singapore-based Immortal Dragons launched a $40M longevity fund.
EVENTS
⭕️ San Francisco, CA: Sunset 5K with The Hustle x Founders Running Club | Hosted by The Hustle and Founders Running Club, September 3, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT. A casual sunset run and networking event for founders, investors, creators, and tech enthusiasts. Check out more details here.
⭕️ Austin, TX: Austin Female Founders & Friends | Hosted by The Artemis Fund and Justworks, September 19, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM PDT. Connect with female founders and investors to cultivate a thriving founder community in Austin. Check out more details here.
⭕️ New York, NY: ICON 2025 | Hosted by Tech Ladies, October 9-10, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM EDT. Hear from top leaders across engineering, product, investing, and entrepreneurship. Check out more details here.
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