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Altari Ventures, founded and led by Anna Garcia, has held a final close on $5.25m for its debut fund to invest in B2B fintech and enterprise SaaS start-ups at the pre-seed and seed stages.

Limited partners in venture capital, buyout and other private funds may be at risk of having their names disclosed if proposed changes to federal pre-merger filing requirements are approved, attorneys said.

The Los Angeles-based early-stage venture capital firm's inaugural fund is focused on deeptech and gaming.

Talent directors Janine O’Neill, Kimber Schlegelmilch and Brandon Sligh are no longer listed on Sequoia's operator team page after reports that it let go of seven people from its operations team.

The Los Angeles-based firm just closed on $40 million for its debut fund, with commitments from Bank of America, 301 INC, Illumen Capital's Catalyst Fund, JP Morgan Asset Management, MassMutual and the Illinois Growth and Innovation Fund.

The Italian venture firm has held a first close on its third early-stage fund, United Ventures III. Backers include Italian and international institutional investors.

Oliver Libby of H/L Ventures outlines the key steps the venture industry needs to take "to ensure that we are behaving responsibly enough to avoid heavy-handed governance and regulation."

Even as they become more powerful in the venture ecosystem, women must overcome unique challenges when they are fundraising.

Venture funds worldwide raised a combined $58.1bn in the first half of 2023, down from about $100bn in the first half of last year, according to exclusive Venture Capital Journal research.

Mayfield is making a major push into AI, raising $250 million for its first AI-focused seed fund, AI Start, and hiring a veteran investor focused exclusively on AI start-ups.