This week’s Moves in VC contains 14 moves and 8 new fund announcements, compiled from 40+ sources.
ICYMI
🔵 Carl Eschenbach rejoined Sequoia Capital as a Partner. Prior to rejoining the firm, Carl was CEO of Workday.
SOUTHERN US
⚫ Tristan Walker is joining Collaborative Fund as a Partner. Tristan most recently cofounded Heirloom Craft Inc. and was an early employee at Foursquare (this is how he got the job). Collaborative Fund is a venture capital firm focusing on companies at the intersection of for-profit and for-good.
⚫ Akhil Aneel joined Antler as a Principal. Akhil recently graduated with his MBA from Texas McCombs School of Business.
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EASTERN US
🟠 Bernard Lupien is leaving his role as a General Partner at Rhapsody Venture Partners. Rhapsody Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focusing on hard science startups.
🟠 Gabriel Rosen joined FirstMark as a Portfolio Operations and Strategy Director. Gabriel previously worked at Flock Safety as an Operations Director.
🟠 Tafarii McKenzie joined Lerer Hippeau as a Director of Product and Network Strategy. While in business school, Tafarii worked with Dorm Room Fund as a Managing Partner.
🟠 Kylie Jordan joined Pontiva Healthcare Partners as a Vice President of Operations and 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.
🟠 Andrea Rosen joined Primary Venture Partners as a Programs and Partnerships Director. Andrea previously worked at Adobe as a Director of Communications and Design.
WESTERN US
🟢 Seeam Shahid Noor joined Andreessen Horowitz as an Investing Partner. Seeam previously worked at Scale AI as a Product Manager.
🟢 Konrad Niemiec joined Lightspeed as a Staff Software Engineer. Konrad previously worked at Rippling as an Engineering Manager.
🟢 Cam Moseley joined Princeville Capital as an Investor. Cam previously worked at Prosperity7 Ventures as a Senior Investment Associate. Princeville Capital is a global growth equity firm backing technology companies.
EUROPE
🟡 Suzanne Ashman joined Sovereign AI as a Managing Partner. Suzanne previously worked at Latitude as a General Partner. Sovereign AI is a venture fund backing Britain’s AI founders.
🟡 Diogo Cunha left his role as a Principal at 468 Capital.
🟡 Sam Morris left his role as an Investment Lead at Btomorrow Ventures. Sam joined Strathclyde Pension Fund as an Assistant Investment Manager. Btomorrow Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on sustainability, smokeless innovation, and emerging technologies.
CANADA
⚪ Jordan Nyinabangi was promoted to Senior Associate at Graphite Ventures. Graphite Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm for B2B founders.
NEW FUNDS
These firms are ready to write checks, with new funds recently closed.
🔴 Tel Aviv-based Aleph launched its fifth fund to support Israeli founders. The fund amount was undisclosed.
🔴 Germany-based Fresenius Group launched its corporate venture arm, Fresenius Ventures. The $228M fund will focus on healthcare startups.
🔴 Italy-based Zest and Eureka! Venture SGR launched Z_One, a new early-stage venture fund targeting $62.6M to back early-stage AI and urbantech startups.
🔴 London-based SuperCharger Ventures launched its initial $11.4M fund to invest in edtech and future-of-work companies.
🔴 New York-based Avenue Growth Partners closed its second $155M fund to back early-stage B2B software companies.
🔴 Wyoming-based Marram Ventures launched as a standalone healthcare venture firm.
🔴 Garrett Smith launched ReefHaven Ventures, a San Diego-focused venture fund dedicated to early-stage medical technology startups.
🔴 EQT Life Sciences raised $28.6M from the British Business Bank for its latest life sciences and medtech-dedicated fund.
Stay tuned for next week’s Moves in VC!
