Alastair Goldfisher

Her appointment comes a few months after SoftBank hired Nagraj Kashyap, former global head of M12, as managing director.

The investment community is gearing up for more in-person meetings, which should make fundraising fruitful for the emerging managers. But what will those in-person meetings look like?

Julie Bell comes over to the VC after recently serving at Bain & Company and at a pair of private equity firms before that.

New chairman Gary Gensler this week asked SEC staff for recommendations on overhauling private fund disclosure rules and other reforms to keep step with a growing venture market that has expanded to more than 1,700 firms.

The Black-led firm says it will donate 50% of the carried interest to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which are also LPs in the firm's new $250m growth-oriented fund.

San Francisco Bay Area-based venture capitalist Ashu Garg says it's a small drop in the bucket, but he and his wife and brother are close to raising $3m to help supply beds and oxygen support for Indian hospitals to help the country in a healthcare crisis brought on by the pandemic.

A survey on the future of real estate investment in climate tech shows the 'industry is waking up' to the problems and sees the solutions as a differentiator, says Greg Smithies of Fifth Wall.

The specialized fund will invest in crypto-networks and blockchain-enabled businesses and exceeded its previously announced target of $30m.

It’s not common for young investors to have a rapid rise through to the partnership ranks. But that’s been the path for Will Lin of ForgePoint Capital.

Once again, early-stage venture firms are raising or talking about raising separate opportunity funds, or late-stage growth vehicles. How the LP community responds to this latest push will determine how the venture industry looks in the next few years.