Alastair Goldfisher

Slow Ventures adds Miller to head up brand, community

San Francisco-based early stage firm Slow Ventures, which last year raised $145 million for its third fund, announced this week Rebecca Miller has joined the firm as vice president of brand and community. She previously was founder and chief executive of MartiniBird, an event planning agency. Before that, she was director of marketing at Trinity Ventures for three years.

DFJ hires Maryanna Saenko as senior associate

Maryanna Saenko has joined DFJ as a senior associate. She previously was an investment partner at Airbus Ventures, where she was responsible for leading early-stage deals in aerospace and deep technology companies, including Airmap, Leolabs and QC Ware. Prior to her role at Airbus, Saenkohas ran the autonomous systems group at Lux Research. DFJ Partner Steve Jurvetson wrote more about Saenkohas in a Medium blog post.

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Pear closes $4.2 mln opportunity fund

Palo Alto, California-based venture firm Pear, which last year raised $75 million for its second seed-stage fund, closed on a $4.195 million opportunity fund, according to a regulatory filing. The commitments were raised from 17 investors, the filing said.

GGV Capital leads funding round in Gladly

San Francisco-based Gladly, which provides customer service-oriented software, announced it has raised $36 million in Series C funding. GGV Capital led the round, which included existing investors Greylock Partners and New Enterprise Associates. The company has now raised $63 million in total funding.

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Obvious Ventures raises $178.4 mln for sophomore fund

Obvious Ventures, an investor in Beyond Meat, Magic Leap, Medium and Proterra, has raised $178.4 million for its second fund, according to a regulatory filing. The investments came from 38 LPs, the filing reports. No target is listed, and it appears the firm is still in fundraising mode. The San Francisco-based firm, co-founded by Twitter co-creator Ev Williams, raised $123,456,789 for its inaugural fund in 2015.

Eniac raises $100 mln to handle larger seed rounds, launches full-service platform

ClearDATA raises $12 mln

Austin, Texas-based ClearDATA, which provides cloud and security services for the healthcare industry, announced it has raised $12 million in funding from Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Norwest Venture Partners, Excel Venture Management, Heritage Group, HLM Venture Partners and Flare Capital Partners. The company has no raised $55 million in total funding.