Alastair Goldfisher

Newly launched Sony, Daiwa fund will not take U.S. LP money ... for now

Friday Letter: CalPERS' performance; 1H fundraising on a tear; and emerging manager roundup

I'm skeptical the good times will continue to roll, but it's hard to argue that against the enormous stores of capital that seem to be available. Plenty of funds are raising commitments from various LPs.

Head of platform that helps founders with stress named partner at Alpha Bridge

For more than a year, Kari Sulenes has led Atlas, which provides a leadership platform dedicated to holistic founder support and is affiliated with the firm

Recruitment platform Glints raises $6.8 mln led by Monk's Hill

Singapore-based Glints, which operates a recruitment and career development program in Southeast Asia, announced it has raised $6.8 million in an oversubscribed Series B round. Monk's Hill Ventures led the funding, which also included new investor Hong Kong-based MindWorks Ventures and existing backers Fresco Capital and Wavemaker Partners.

Early Zipline investor Paul Willard leaves Storm Ventures

Friday Letter: Mega-rounds don't result in mega-exits

Six of the nine most highly valued VC-backed startups at IPO raised less than $100 million in funding but have tripled their valuations since going public.

Anish Acharya joins a16z to focus on fintech

Andreessen Horowitz announced that it’s expanding its fintech team with the addition of Anish Acharya as the firm’s newest general partner. Acharya was formerly with Credit Karma, where he most recently was vice president of product. Acharya will focus on fintech, working alongside fellow a16z General Partners Angela Strange and Alastair "Alex" Rampell.

Finnish quantum computing company raises $13 mln

Espoo, Finland-based IQM, which makes hardware systems for quantum computers, has raised $13 million in seed funding from Matadero QED, Maki.vc, MIG Fonds, OpenOcean, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment) and Vito Ventures.

Vertex Ventures adds Chase Roberts as principal

Vertex Ventures US, a Palo Alto, California-based firm that recently raised a $150 million second venture fund, has hired Chase Roberts as a principal. Previously, he was senior manager of strategic partnerships at Segment and before that was senior manager of partner strategy and Alliances at Box.

Norwest Venture Partners backs autism services provider Gateway Learning

San Francisco-based Gateway Learning Group, a provider of applied behavioral services for children with autism, has raised a growth equity investment from Norwest Venture Partners.