Lawrence Aragon

Pear is made up of 'some of the hardest working VCs I’ve ever met,' says Joanna Rupp, who manages the $2.8bn PE portfolio for the University of Chicago's endowment.

Sequoia China will adopt the name HongShan; Sequoia India/SEA will become Peak XV Partners; and the firm’s US/Europe operations will continue to be known as Sequoia Capital.

Since its founding in 1994, Fairview Capital has deployed 12 venture capital funds of funds and has invested in more than 200 venture funds.

Pelion Ventures VIII, which is targeting $250m, has closed on about $146m from 22 investors.

Talis Ventures III will lead seed and Series A rounds in tech infrastructure, climate and consumer internet companies across the UK, Europe and US.

Investors in previous Pear funds include the Inasmuch Foundation, Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System, the Richard King Mellon Foundation and the Passport Foundation, according to Venture Capital Journal research.

Craft Ventures, whose co-founder helped to launch Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign on Twitter Space, has raised more than $1.6bn combined for three new venture funds.

Founder Mattias Ljungman says, 'Europe has been a leader in AI and we find our best fit is to support the next generation of founders solving some of our greatest challenges within health, work, finance and gaming'

Dana Johns previously served as a senior portfolio manager on Maryland’s private equity team.

The fund's backers include Faction, Lightspeed, Wemade, Circle Ventures, Ripple, Alchemy Ventures, Hashkey, Cherubic Ventures, Forte, NGC and individual GPs.