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The firm recently raised $35m from Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, Anthemis, Lux Capital, First Close Partners, Gratitude Railroad and New Summit Investments.

The founder of SineWave Ventures believes adversity may be a better term than diversity to describe the character traits that can lead to better investment outcomes.

The managing partner at Blackhorn Ventures explains why she has an entire kitchen drawer dedicated to protein powder, the appeal of Sub-Saharan Africa and why she wants to climb more '14ers.'

Unshackled Fund III's limited partners include Cambridge Associates, Cendana, Emerson Collective, California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank and Sorenson Impact Advisory.

The fund's investors include the State of Michigan Retirement Systems, which committed $35m, and the City of Ann Arbor Employees’ Retirement System, which put up $6m.

The Swiss venture firm made two additions to its board: Yvonne Bettkober, head of organizational development at Volkswagen Group, and Philipp Rösler, former vice-chancellor of Germany and founder and CEO of Consessor AG.

A former US diplomat and a Ukrainian PhD are an unlikely pairing, but their shared obsession with finding great founders has helped them generate a 70 percent IRR for their debut fund.

The early-stage investor reinvests proceeds from previous funds as it raises little, if any, outside capital.

Investors include AIG, Bank of America, Foundry Group, Investinor, JPMorgan, Stardust Equity and Union Square Ventures.

'The valuation environment is generally more rational now, even at the earliest stages, so it will be hard to justify a larger or even flat fund size, in most cases,' one LP tells Venture Capital Journal.