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Emerging manager Kalos Ventures closes on $53m

The New York fund, founded last year by Ashley Bittner, focuses on early-stage investments in workforce, care and education.

WSIB eyes $400m commitment to new Menlo funds

The board's investment adviser is recommending that it invest up to $175m to Menlo Ventures XVII and up to $225m to Menlo Inflection IV.

Ex-GV head aims for $600m for S32's sixth fund

The venture firm founded by GV founder and former CEO Bill Maris has held a first close on $413.5m for its sixth flagship fund.

What a difference an IPO can make

Will the highly anticipated IPOs of Klarna and Netskope have a Figma-like impact on funds managed by Sequoia and Lightspeed Venture Partners?

Time for pre-marketing

A common practice for buyout funds, pre-marketing may become more popular in VC as firms contend with LPs cutting back allocations and slowing their commitment pace.

Airtree puts Australian VC on the map

The backer of Canva and five other unicorns reportedly attracted commitments from Harvard's endowment, MetLife and the University of Wisconsin’s endowment.

DOWNLOAD: H1 investor report finds LPs slowing their pace

Investors are on pace to commit to 10% fewer venture funds this year, according to Venture Capital Journal research.

A $24bn bonanza for Figma backers Index, Greylock, Kleiner and Sequoia

Figma’s stock price soared 250% on Thursday after the company went public at $33 a share.

Against the wind

Despite political headwinds, climate-focused VCs are still able to raise new funds, but it is more challenging and takes much longer than it used to.

LP WovenEarth holds first close on second climate-focused FoF

WovenEarth Ventures, which raised $152m for its debut fund of funds last year, is targeting $300m for its second effort.