NextGen Newsletter - July 2022

NextGen is a 20+ year old community supporting each new generation of venture capital talent.

Hey everyone! It’s getting wild out there in startup land and the world at large, but we hope y’all are having a fantastic July, all things considered. Summer is totally in full swing and we hope folks are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to unplug and take a break.

While startup investing has viscerally slowed down over the last month, it’s worth reflecting that venture capital firms are still closing new funds (congrats to the new $1B+ funds at Sequoia Capital China, Lightspeed, Cathay Innovation, etc) and founders are still tinkering on new products made possible by new problems and inflections in the market. Let’s learn and get through this together.

Read on for more content on people moves, news, and jobs.

Thanks,

Shawn and the NextGen Board

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Investors You Should Watch 👀

• Amal Dokhan has been promoted to General Partner at 500 Global.

• Don Hoang has joined Atomico as a Partner.

• Divya Sudhakar has left Intel Capital and has joined Geodesic Capital as a Partner.

• Jiani Chen has left Felicis and joined Protagonist as a Partner.

• Kamran Ali has been promoted to Principal at Inspired Capital. Ali.

• Sydney Thomas has left Precursor Ventures and is planning to launch her own pre-seed fund, Impressionism Capital.

• Tiffany Le and Jess Ou have been promoted to Principal; Zak Burns, Henry Magun, Alex Sharata, and Emily Zhen have been promoted to Senior Associate at NEA.

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Content You Should Check Out 📚

• EVCA’s EVC List: Hats off to the folks at EVCA, who are curating the Top 25 Pre-Partner and Top 25 Emerging Partners in our industry!

• Bet On Just One Non-Obvious Founder: David Zhou’s perspective on how to forge your reputation as an investor to founders.

• Investing With PEACE in Mind: Redpoint Ventures’ Meera Clark on investing based on physical, emotional, aesthetic, cultural, and economic enlightenment.

• Vibhu Norby on DTC Brands: B8ta founder and Interlace Venture’s Vibhu Norby’s hot take on the failure of DTC brand startups.

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Jobs You Should Share 🤓

• Analyst, Games, a16z

• Fund Strategy Associate, a16z

• Analyst, American Family Ventures

• Investor, Canaan Partners

• Associate / Vice President, Cathay Innovation

• Associate / Senior Associate, Deciens

• Fintech / Insurtech Associate, Equal Ventures

• Associate, Porsche Ventures

• Associate / Senior Associate, PruVen Capital

• Analyst, Sozo Ventures (email lgomez@sozo.ventures)