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Sequoia is the largest shareholder in the Swedish company, which went public on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

Limited partners in Boost's prior funds include Passport Foundation, a nonprofit foundation based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Jacquie Marshall Siegmund isn't shy about calling a company she's a customer of and asking how they're financed. She helped pre-empt a deal at one before Origin invested in it.

Simpson will oversee GEM's venture capital investment diligence, manager relationships and portfolio construction.

The fund is anchored by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, while its other LPs include Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins, Fonds québécois d'amorçage Teralys and TD Innovation Partners.

The New York fund, founded last year by Ashley Bittner, focuses on early-stage investments in workforce, care and education.

The fund's LPs include the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO, Ford Foundation, MetLife and Mastercard.

With new OCIO Cynosure Group at the helm, the university's foundation will be adding venture managers they can rely on 'to make the right call,' instead of chasing particular verticals.

The board's investment adviser is recommending that it invest up to $175m to Menlo Ventures XVII and up to $225m to Menlo Inflection IV.

LPs in Atlas's earlier funds include New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Rutgers University.