Alastair Goldfisher

Fund XVIII closed on $600m during the pandemic and comes on the heels of two large exits for the firm.

Mayfield will also invest alongside IndieBio in their San Francisco batches every six months, as it cements its with the accelerator operator SOSV.

Israeli firm VGames, led by a solo GP, has already raised $30m of a targeted $40m fund, with Viola Ventures anchoring.

Traceable emerged from stealth with $20m in funding from Unusual Ventures and BIG Labs.

The venture arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System reveals in a survey of 150 worldwide investors how dealmaking has changed as a result of covid-19.

VC often trails other asset classes in its adoption of ESG practices, but there are signs that is beginning to change.

Investors from endowments to pensions and other institutional LPs are trying to square their next steps – on VC allocations, capital calls and more – with a changing economic reality.

Madrona in Seattle announces that Anu Sharma has joined as principal and Molly Case was named manager of investor relations.

Joseph Regan, managing partner of the Canadian venture investor, says the firm is about to close its third deal since it launched last year to invest in tech that modernizes traditional industries.

Rejection can be tough to swallow, but a recent webinar from Signature Bank’s Venture Banking Group and others highlights what LPs and GPs say are the helpful steps when raising a first-time VC fund.