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The Boston firm raises $192m combined for its third main fund and for Pillar Select.

European Women in VC, led by senior venture investors across Europe, presented data on the lack of gender diversity and is calling for increased funding for women-led venture funds and start-ups.

Vibrant Ventures has raised over $5.4 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing.

The parade of opportunity funds closures continues in venture, as Dawn Capital, SOSV and others see advantages to the strategy.

Dawn Opportunities Fund II will invest up to $30m in the growth rounds of the firm's best-performing companies.

Index Ventures has raised $3.1 billion in several new funds, reported Reuters.

Launched by an ex-Blackstone exec, the new fundraising platforms comes as they proliferate in Asia in the hopes of seducing its burgeoning pool of wealthy individuals.

Nicolas Sauvage of TDK Ventures writes that VCs must unlearn good habits that make for a steady trajectory to the top of the corporate ladder. They are no longer applicable.

Current available jobs include two positions at Fin VC, Sands Capital and Cambridge Associates.

Vancouver-based WELL Health Technologies, a technology-enabled healthcare company, has launched WELL Ventures to invest in early-stage digital health companies in Canada.