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Weddington Way founder joins Peterson Ventures to establish presence in Bay Area

Franklin Templeton hopes to drive growth through a new fintech incubator

Craft Ventures wraps up sophomore fund with $500 mln

Emerging managers Cowen, Pontifax, Maven and others lift fundraising total

Activity picks up for emerging managers as 12 young venture firms raised about $708 million in the previous two-week period

Ginkgo Bioworks’ $350 mln fund to deploy capital by year-end

The Ferment Fund will exclusively support companies that have been spun out from Ginkgo and will benefit from full access to the company’s platform for cell programming.

Friday Letter: AH is a decade in, adds partner; and more on succession in venture

Exit values reach record levels, as investment activity slows down in Q3

40 North launches $200 mln venture capital effort

Investment platform 40 North takes to the venture capital stage with a cleantech fund, led by former DBL partner Marc van den Berg.

83North wraps up fifth fund with $300 mln

83North, founded as an offshoot of Greylock Partnersin 2006, has closed its fifth and largest fund

Accelmed targets $100 mln for sophomore fund

Accelmed is seeking to raise about $100 million for its second venture fund. Accelmed Ventures II will invest in Israeli and global pre-revenue healthtech startups, including medical devices and digital health.