This week’s Moves in VC contains 11 Moves and 14 new fund announcements, compiled from 40+ sources.
ICYMI
🔵 Haley Bryant was promoted from Principal to Partner at Hustle Fund. Hustle Fund invests in “hilariously early” startups.
MIDDLE EAST
🟡 Alan Feld is retiring from his role as a Founder and Managing General Partner at Vintage Investment Partners. Vintage Investment Partners is a global venture firm combining fund-of-funds, secondary funds, and growth funds.
EASTERN US
🟠 Chris Eng was promoted from Principal to Partner at Sands Capital. Sands Capital is a long-term investor in leading innovative growth businesses.
🟠 Dan Jaeck joined Crane Venture Partners as a Principal. Dan previously worked at Eniac Ventures as a Principal. Crane Venture Partners is a venture capital firm backing founders building the future of enterprise technology.
🟠 Chad Sauder was promoted to Senior Associate at Sidecut Ventures. Sidecut Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on economic, healthcare, education equity.
🟠 Pete Keenan was promoted from VP of Finance to Managing Director at 645 Ventures. 645 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm.
WESTERN US
🟣 Katie Kirsch joined a16z as an Ecosystem Growth Partner. Katie previously co-founded lume.
🟣 David Bloom was promoted from Principal to Partner at The House Fund. The House Fund is an early stage venture capital fund focused on Berkeley startups.
🟣 Christopher O’Dore joined Advance Venture Partners as a Venture Capital Senior Associate. Christopher previously worked at Cerity Partners Ventures as a Venture Capital Senior Associate. Advance Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focusing on disruptive technology and technology-enabled companies.
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MIDWESTERN US
⚪ Ayo Roberts joined Harper Court Ventures as a Principal. Ayo previously worked at Sonder Capital as a Senior Associate. Harper Court Ventures is an early stage deep tech fund.
EUROPE
🟢 Georgios Leivadas was promoted from Venture Capital Analyst to Venture Capital Associate at Btomorrow Ventures. Btomorrow Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in companies to help create a better tomorrow.
CANADA
🔵 Kory Jeffrey and Taha Mubashir were promoted from Principals to Partners at Inovia Capital. Inovia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build impactful global companies.
NEW FUNDS
These firms are ready to write checks, with new funds recently closed.
🔴 Tel Aviv-based Swish Ventures announced their $100M opportunity fund to back founders building companies in cybersecurity, AI, and software infrastructure.
🔴 Menlo Park-based Lightspeed Venture Partners raised $9B in fresh funds to invest in AI companies.
🔴 New York City-based MBX Capital crossed $100M in capital commitments to support early stage biotech and health tech companies.
🔴 Spain-based Kibo Ventures closed its fourth $140.7M fund to focus on global technology companies built in Europe.
🔴 Bangalore-based Transition VC closed its $77.5M fund to back engineering-led, deep tech ventures.
🔴 Olympus Innovation Ventures launched its second $150M fund to invest in MedTech companies focused on GI, urology, and respiratory.
🔴 San Francisco-based Dragoneer Investment Group raised its seventh $4.3B fund.
🔴 New York-based Factorial Capital closed its second $25M fund to back technical founders.
🔴 Mumbai-based Centre Court Capital closed its $45.3M maiden fund to focus on sports, fitness, wellness, esports and gaming.
🔴 Houston-based Fitz Gate Ventures closed its third fund (amount not disclosed). The fund will be an early stage generalist fund with a sub-focus on deep tech.
🔴 San Francisco-based Brainworks Ventures launched a $50M fund to focus on AI-native companies.
🔴 Lithuania-based Aneli Capital launched its $41M fund to back technology startups across the Baltic states, Poland, and other Central and Eastern European markets.
🔴 Bengaluru-based BYT Capital launched its $19.9M fund to focus on deeptech and frontier engineering startups.
🔴 Pacifica-based Castle Fund is raising its debut $20M fund to focus on biotech, energy, aerospace, robotics, chips and AI infrastructure.
EVENTS
⭕️ New York, NY: Holiday Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind | Hosted by Startup Grind NYC, December 19, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST. A casual happy hour to connect with the NYC startup and tech community. Check out more details here.
⭕️ San Francisco, CA: Innovators Social Hour @ JPM | Hosted by Inspira Fund and Launchbio Networking, January 13, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST. Designed with founders in mind, the event offers an opportunity for founders and startup leaders to connect with investors, industry leaders, and peers. Check out more details here.
⭕️ Austin, TX: FUTURE TITANS Emerging Manager Summit 2026 | Hosted by Rock Yard Ventures, January 27, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM CST. A curated one-day event created to help emerging managers in VC, growth, secondaries, and multi-stage/hybrid funds build tomorrow’s most significant firms. Check out more details here.
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