Lawrence Aragon

S32 taps former Alphabet exec Conrad as GP

Previously, Conrad held numerous senior roles at Google, having most recently founded and served as CEO and executive chairman of Verily Life Sciences.

Centana Growth Partners promotes Lee to principal

In addition to Lee's promotion, Centana has hired Anahita Daghoghi as director of platform and Devi Malhotra as vice president.

NSV Wolf Capital wraps up fourth hybrid VC fund

LPs in Fund IV include Biprofy, Future Group, Japan Business Systems, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, Nippon Life Insurance and SBI Shinsei Bank.

Climate-focused WovenEarth Ventures holds final close on FoF

WovenEarth Ventures announced it has closed its inaugural fund of funds on its hard-cap of $152m.

.406 Ventures falls short of target for fifth fund

Point 406 Ventures V will invest in companies in the healthcare, data and AI and cybersecurity sectors.

Freeze on growth funds starts to thaw

For LPs with little or no exposure to growth funds, now may be a good time to try to get in under more favorable terms than those available in recent years.

AI unicorn backer AIX Ventures collects $202m for second fund

AIX Ventures is an early-stage investor in AI start-ups, including Hugging Face, which is valued at more than $4bn.

Renewable energy entrepreneur launches Clean Industry Ventures

Clean Industry Ventures, a new firm co-founded by renewable energy tech entrepreneur Patrick Maloney, has started fundraising for a debut fund with a target of $200m.

Someone forgot to tell Sequoia Capital about the fundraising drought

Assets in Sequoia Capital Fund LP – including capital drawn down from LP commitments – grew 30 percent to $17.7 billion in the past year, according to a new regulatory filing.

Secondary deals start to heat up

Primary's secondary sale to StepStone and another reportedly in the works by Lightspeed Venture Partners could mean a big year ahead for VC secondaries.