This week’s Moves in VC contains 18 Moves and 11 new fund announcements, compiled from 40+ sources.
ICYMI
🔵 Chris Oh joined 53 Stations as a Principal. Chris previously worked at GreenPoint Partners in Venture and Growth. 53 Stations is a venture capital firm supporting tech companies across sectors and stages.
EASTERN US
🟠 Ben Challgren joined Ballast Equity Partners as a General Partner. Ben previously worked at Top Tier Capital Partners as a Principal. Ballast Equity Partners is a liquidity solution provider for the venture capital and growth equity investment ecosystem.
🟠 Ron Saron joined Spice Capital as a Chief Technology Officer. Ron previously worked at a stealth startup as a Chief Technology Officer. Spice Capital is an early stage venture capital firm.
🟠 Zach Jaffe left his role as an Investor at Glasswing Ventures. Zach joined Iris Finance as a VP of Revenue. Glasswing Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm investing in AI and frontier technology startups.
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WESTERN US
🟣 Grey Baker and Christopher Golda transitioned to General Partners at Y Combinator.
🟣 Grace Ellis left her role as a Marketing Operating Partner at a16z.
🟣 Kyle Parrish joined Craft Ventures as a Partner. Kyle previously worked at Figma and at Sequoia Capital as a Sequoia Capital Builder. Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on B2B technology companies.
🟣 Anish Aitharaju joined 7wire Ventures as a Principal. Anish previously worked at DigiTx Partners as a Principal. 7wire Ventures is an early stage healthcare venture fund.
🟣 Caroline Chen joined Base10 Partners as a Principal. Caroline previously worked at L Catterton as a Vice President. Base10 Partners is an early stage venture capital firm investing in automation for the real economy.
MIDWESTERN US
🟢 Jonathan Ellis and Nevin Ramanujan teamed up to launch InnovateHealth Ventures. Jonathan will serve as a Managing Partner while Nevin will serve as the General Partner. InnovateHealth Ventures is a specialist B2B healthcare technology fund.
🟢 Zachary Johnson was promoted to Chief Financial Officer at Frist Cressey Ventures. Frist Cressey Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on companies that transform healthcare.
SOUTHERN US
🟡 Marissa Faris left her role as a Fund Associate at Capital Factory. Marissa joined Augment as a Fund Operations Analyst. Capital Factory is an Austin-based venture capital firm and accelerator.
CANADA
⚪ Nader Bekhouche joined BDC Capital as a Growth Venture Fund Managing Partner. Nader previously worked at Investment Corporation of Dubai as the Head of Growth Equity. BDC Capital invests in Canadian companies.
SOUTH AMERICA
🔵 Gabriel Farme and Gabriela Amaral Felix joined Graphene Ventures as a Partner and Investment Analyst, respectively. Gabriel previously worked at Verve Capital as a Partner while Gabriela worked at LocPay as a FP&A and Strategy intern. Graphene Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early stage companies in enterprise software and consumer technology.
EUROPE
🟤 Paul Murphy left his role as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
🟤 Sophie Dingreville joined Clean Growth Fund as an Investment Partner. Sophie also serves as a Startup Advisor and Mentor at Télécom Paris. Clean Growth Fund focuses on early stage UK companies tackling the climate crisis.
🟤 Lily Shaw left her role as a Growth Equity Investor at L Catterton. L Catterton is a consumer-focused investment firm.
MIDDLE EAST
⚫ Aviel Ichaï joined monday.com as an Investment Lead to build and lead monday Ventures. Aviel previously worked at Next47 as a VC Investor. monday Ventures will focus on founders building the next generation of AI-powered work.
⚫ Mohidul A. joined Conjunction Capital as a Senior Investment Analyst. Mohidul previously worked at Antler as a Senior Investment Analyst. Conjunction Capital is an early stage venture capital fund.
NEW FUNDS
🔴 San Francisco-based Base10 Partners closed its new $850M fund to focus on automation for the real economy.
🔴 Boston-based Volition Capital is looking to raise $875M for its sixth fund to focus on software, internet and consumer companies.
🔴 New York City-based Dimension Capital is seeking up to $750M for its third life sciences fund.
🔴 New York City-based Animal Capital closed its third $33M fund to invest in early stage consumer technology companies.
🔴 New York City-based Gutter Capital closed its third $75M fund to support early stage companies.
🔴 New York City-based Star51 Capital closed its first medtech venture fund. The fund size was undisclosed.
🔴 Melbourne-based Startmate secured $8M from the Minderoo Foundation to back women founders.
🔴 Mumbai-based Aum Ventures launched its second $80M fund to invest in early stage deeptech startups.
🔴 Cambridge-based Carbon13 launched its tenth fund to support climate startups. The fund size was undisclosed.
🔴 Belgium-based Pitchdrive closed its fourth $69.6M fund to back AI-native companies across Europe.
🔴 London-based Creator Fund raised its new $56M fund to focus on AI, biotech, robotics, semiconductors, and deep-tech innovation.
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