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VC-backed Harness recruits Eubanks as chief revenue officer

San Francisco-based Harness, a continuous delivery-as-a-service platform, has named Jason Eubanks as chief revenue officer. Previously, he was CRO at Markforged. Harness is backed by Menlo Ventures.

NEA promotes Schottenstein to principal

New Enterprise Associates Inc has promoted Julia Schottenstein to principal. Prior to joining the firm, Schottenstein was an investment banker at Qatalyst Partners.

SGVC wraps up third fund at $51 mln

Los Angeles-based SGVC, a venture firm, has closed its third fund at $51 million. SGVC Fund III will focus mostly on early-stage investments in Silicon Valley-based financial technology software companies. The fund's investors include Hachschara Insurance Company, True Capital Management and Manhattan West Asset Management. Leumi Investment Services Inc was the placement agent.

Danish company Templafy raises $15 mln

Copenhagen, Denmark-based Templafy, a provider of enterprise template management and document creation, announced it has raised an additional $15 million in its Series B round. The funding comes from existing investors, including Insight Venture Partners and Dawn Capital, as well as Series A investors SEED Capital, Preben Damgaard, the company’s founders and management and other private investors. The company, founded in 2014, also has offices in London and New York and has now raised $40.2 million in total funding.

Engineer.ai raises $29.5 mln

Obvious Ventures adds Di-Ann Eisnor as venture partner

Di-Ann Eisnor, a onetime director of growth at Waze and currently incubating new urban systems at Google’s Area 120, was named venture partner at Obvious Ventures. The San Francisco firm said Eisnor will help to find and fund world positive startups across the full stack of urban infrastructure.

Astarte Medical procures funding from Next Act Fund

Pennsylvania-based Astarte Medical, which provides quantitative data about gut health that enables personalized care and nutrition to help preterm infants grow, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Next Act Fund.

GBV launch $100 mln blockchain tech-focused venture fund

Global Blockchain Ventures have launched a $100 million blockchain tech-focused venture fund. Stonegate Digital Capital Group is committing a "seven-figure" investment to seed Global Blockhain Ventures Fund LP.

Joy Capital to raise $300 mln opportunity fund

Joy Capital has set out to raise a $300 million opportunity fund, according to a filing with the SEC.

CRV boosts its team with new partner, venture investor

Bi-coastal venture firm CRV, which raised $600 million for its 17th fund earlier this year, announced Matt Heiman has joined the firm as a partner and Erica Van was named venture investor. Heiman, most recently at Greylock Partners, joins the San Francisco office of CRV, focusing on consumer investments and helping shape the firm's growth investments. He’ll be working closely with Saar Gur. Van, formerly at Presidio Partners and J.P. Morgan before that, joins the enterprise team in Boston as a venture investor, working closely with Izhar Armony to focus on companies based in Boston and New York.