Alastair Goldfisher

137 Ventures promotes two

Growth-stage venture firm 137 Ventures in San Francisco promoted James Pardee to senior associate and Ali Smith to associate.

Friday Letter: GPs debate in new PrimeTime VC program

In a new program on YouTube, VCs from Eniac, Plexo, Supernode and Bullpen vie for random points as they discuss the relevant topics of the day.

Ridge Ventures adds experienced CIO as partner

San Francisco-based Ridge Ventures named Yousuf Khan a partner. He most recently was CIO of Automation Anywhere.

Robinhood raises another round, boosting its valuation to $11.2bn

Online broker Robinhood has raised $200m in a Series G round from D1 Capital, according to its blog post.

Lever VC raises $23m for alternative proteins

Lever VC,, founded by partners who have invested in Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and other alternative protein companies, has raised $23m in a first close for Lever VC Fund I.

Gaming company Wildlife valued at $3bn following Vulcan-led deal

Brazilian gaming company Wildlife Studios raised $120m led by Vulcan Capital with participation from existing investor Human Capital, bringing its valuation to nearly $3bn.

Initialized Capital raises its fifth fund, adds GP

Initialized Capital raised $230m for its fifth fund and added Brett Gibson as a GP. The new fund does not include co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

Friday Letter: Yes you can learn about people when meeting them over Zoom

Mark Sherman of Telstra Ventures found that investing in Springboard in a virtual deal could be done. It just required a lot of phone calls.

Industry Ventures raises $180m direct venture fund

Industry Ventures has raised $180m for Industry Ventures Direct II to invest in early- and mid-stage tech companies.

Clearstep Health raises $1.3m in pre-seed funding

Clearstep Health has raised $1.3min a pre-seed round from RRE Ventures, Newark Venture Partners and OCA Ventures.