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Fachler will manage investment out of the firm's third fund, which closed on $150m earlier this year.

Prior to joining Defy VC, Amy Yin was founder and CEO of OfficeTogether and Medha Agarwal was a partner at Redpoint Ventures.

Menlo says the newly raised capital will go to its flagship venture fund Menlo XVI, Menlo Inflection III and affiliated funds 'with a mandate to invest in promising technology companies leading the AI transformation.'

Kearney's focus includes investments across the climate, advanced computing and human health sectors.

Davis will focus on growth equity investments and open a new office in San Francisco.

Zeal Capital Partners, which is raising its second fund, hires Stefanie Thomas of Impact America Fund as a managing director.

We crunched the data we’ve been collecting about women-led firms and found that they have closed on a combined $1.8bn for 24 funds so far this year.

The health tech-focused firm, founded by Tara Bishop and Eileen Tanghal, has raised $58m from an impressive list of institutions, including Eli Lilly, Bank of America, JPMorgan Asset Management and Henry Ford Health.

Oliver was previously a venture partner at Tenacity Venture Capital.

Chris Inglis is former National Cyber Director and Kiersten Todt is former chief of staff to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.