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Fifth Wall has closed on $866m for its Real Estate Technology Fund III, which the New York firm says is the largest proptech fund raised to date.

Union Square Ventures, which has invested in 17 climate-related companies in the past two years, has closed on $200m for its second climate fund to keep the dealmaking momentum going.

New Atomico report finds 8 in 10 European entrepreneurs say fundraising is harder this year. However, 45% say they are more confident in Europe’s ability to build global tech leaders than they were 12 months ago.

A new accelerator program from CEMEX Ventures is the latest in a growing number of projects rolled out by corporate venture funds in recent years to provide established industrial players with an inside track on evolving technologies.

Vika allegedly told investors it would invest their money into "highly sought-after pre-IPO companies," but the firm's CEO instead spent the investors' money on "private jets, expensive watches and lavish travel," the SEC claims.

One Peak, a growth investor targeting B2B software companies in Europe and Israel, has closed its third fund at its hard cap of $1bn.

Super{set}, which is raising its second fund, has poached an executive away from Salesforce to bolster its start-up studio. Jon Suarez-Davis, formerly senior vice-president of marketing strategy and innovation at Salesforce, has joined the San Francisco firm as chief commercial officer.

Partech, a tech-focused venture firm based in Paris, announced it has closed its fourth seed fund on its hard-cap of €120m.

Braven, an early-stage investor, is led by William Abecassis, founder and former head of BlackRock's Innovation Capital venture group.

The New York- and San Francisco-based firm raised $194.5m for its fourth flagship fund and another $153m for follow-on investments in its best-performing portfolio companies. 645 co-founders Aaron Holiday and Nnamdi Okike explain their strategy and share insights about the firm's value-added services.