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Emergence Capital promotes one to GP and another to principalEmergence Capital has promoted Jake Saper to general partner and Carlotta Siniscalco to principal.
VC-backed rental marketplace Zumper promotes Cariola to C-suiteSan Francisco-based Zumper, a rental marketplace, has promoted Natalie Cariola to chief sales officer.
- Edlyft seals $1.4m seed
Edlyft, an engineering ed tech platform, has raised $1.4 million in seed funding, according to a blog post on its site.
- Handshake rallies $80m in GGV-led round
San Francisco-based Handshake, a talent recruitment site, has raised $80 million in financing.
Friday Letter: SPACs and the role of Chamath PalihapitiyaLove or hate him, the early Facebook exec turned VC was early on the SPAC wave, and he's riding it out.
- Alkira lands $54m Series B
San Jose, California-based Alkira Inc., a network cloud company, has raised $54 million in Series B funding.
- Conductive Ventures wraps up second fund at $150m
Conductive Ventures has closed its sophomore venture fund at $150 million.
- Balderton Capital leads $8m round for Demodesk
Munich and San Francisco-based Demodesk, a provider of sales meeting software, has raised $8 million in funding.
- Travel booking app Omi fetches $100m: TechCrunch
Berlin-based Omio, a travel booking app, has secured $100 million in funding, reported TechCrunch.
Much more than covid-19 is behind the biotech boomAppetite for biopharma is on the rise as investors want to back scientific advances and the recession-proof sector, and generalist VCs don’t want to miss out on potential outsized returns.