Alastair Goldfisher

Investors in the VC community have shined more of a spotlight on ESG in 2020. The signs point to more firms adopting ESG practices.

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Fifth Wall has named Greg Smithies as a partner to co-lead the firm’s Climate Technology Investment fund, which was announced earlier this year and is seeking to raise about $200m.

Sorenson Ventures seeks to raise $100m for its second fund, nearly two years after it closed its inaugural effort at $110m.

Venture firms responded to working amid a pandemic in 2020 by conducting socially distanced walks and meeting more frequently over Zoom as part of their due diligence efforts.

Based on pageviews and the feedback we received, here are my top Friday Letter columns from 2020.

The Menlo Park firm names Sandhya Hegde, formerly with Khosla and Sequoia in India, as its newest partner.

VCs in South-East Asia are telling me that LPs are eyeing the region and 2021 could be watershed year for investors.

Christina Farr joins the venture firm after more than three years as a healthtech reporter for CNBC, based in Silicon Valley.

Oper8r co-founders Winter Mead and Welly Sculley chat about their firm, which operates as an institutional fund management training program for emerging venture capital firms, and the GP-LP relationship.