This week’s Moves in VC contains 12 Moves and 13 new fund announcements, compiled from 40+ sources.
ICYMI
🔵 Tobias Citron was promoted from Principal to Partner at Primary Ventures. Primary Ventures backs early-stage startups across fintech, consumer, SaaS, and digital health, primarily at the seed stage.
EASTERN US
🟠 Adrian Nicholas Radu joined Khosla Ventures as a Partner. Adrian previously worked at Lightspeed Venture Partners as a Partner.
🟠 Galia Beer-Gabel was promoted from Partner to Managing Partner at Team8. Team8 is a global fund that builds and invests in companies in cyber, AI, fintech, and digital health.
🟠 Gina Yocom left her role as a Networks VP at Primary Venture Partners.
🟠 Ash Cleary was promoted from Associate to Principal at LDV Capital. LDV Capital is a venture capital firm investing in people who leverage computer vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze visual data.
🟠 Guy Johnston was promoted from Principal to Partner at Zigg Capital. Zigg Capital is a venture capital firm supporting real estate technology entrepreneurs.
🟠 Megan Ananian joined Bessemer Venture Partners as a Director of Business Development. Megan previously worked at Great Wave Ventures as a Partner.
🟠 Soven Berry joined Capital One Ventures as an Investor. Soven previously worked at Visa as a Global Strategy Manager.
WESTERN US
🟣 Renee Shah joined Redpoint as a Partner. Renee previously worked at Amplify Partners as a Partner.
🟣 Carolin Kubanke joined General Catalyst as a Chief of Staff. Carolin previously worked at Deel as a Venture & Startup Partnerships Director.
🟣 Grace Carney left her role as an Investor at Union Square Ventures. Grace started a new role in Operations at Abridge.
EUROPE
🟢 Sophia Draper joined Ada Ventures as a Founders Associate. Sophia previously worked at Antler as an Analyst on the Investments Team. Ada Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital firm focusing on technology companies across climate equity, economic empowerment and healthy ageing.
ASIA
⚪ Minjoo Kim was promoted from Principal to Partner at Storm Ventures. Storm Ventures is an early stage B2B focused venture firm.
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NEW FUNDS
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🔴 London-based Onstage launched its first $13.2M fund to invest in early stage European founders.
🔴 London-based Baobab Ventures announced its $15M fund to back global early stage technical teams in AI, robotics and defense.
🔴 Miami-based The LegalTech Fund raised its second $110M fund to focus on legal technology companies.
🔴 Copenhagen-based Unconventional Ventures closed its second $58M fund to support underrepresented European founders.
🔴 London-based 6 Degrees Capital closed its $179M fund to back early stage enterprise software, AI, and fintech startups.
🔴 Lisbon-based Indico Capital Partners launched its $145.5M fund to support Southern European tech innovators.
🔴 Berlin-based Future Energy Ventures closed its second $273.5M fund to help accelerate Europe’s transition toward energy independence.
🔴Sydney-based Ochre Ventures closed $30M for its first fund to back First Nations founders.
🔴 French Entrepreneur Samuel Tual launched Clover, a $35M early-stage evergreen fund to back startups reshaping the future of work and education.
🔴 Chui Ventures, an Africa-focused seed-stage venture investor, closed its first $17.3M fund to invest in founders in sub-Saharan Africa.
🔴Santa Barbara-based Watchfire Ventures launched its third $150M fund to focus on consumer products, commerce infrastructure software, industrial modernization technology, and tech-enabled services.
🔴 London-based Firgun Ventures launched its first $70M quantum focused investment fund.
🔴 Vancouver-based Vistara Growth closed its fifth $321M fund to back growth stage technology companies.
EVENTS
⭕ San Francisco, CA: Dynamism holiday mixer with a16z and friends | Hosted by a16z and Vanta, December 6, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PST. An intimate event bringing together founders of hyper-growth companies actively hiring via dynamism, exceptional builders and operator investors. Check out more details here.
⭕️ Virtual: Your VC firm wants to “do AI.” Now what? | Hosted by Venture5, December 10, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST. A conversation with venture AI and data experts to understand what separates the firms that successfully adopt AI and those that don’t, and how to build an AI and data roadmap for your firm. Check out more details here.
⭕️ New York City, NY: NYC B2B: AI Founders & Investors Meetup | Hosted by NYC B2B: Startup Events, December 15, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST. An exclusive meetup for B2B AI founders and investors. Check out more details here.
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