Since 2024, 19 partners walked out of Sequoia, a16z, Index and peers to raise 13 new funds — the biggest secured pools are Evantic's $355M and Chemistry's $350M
Asked:“Which VC partners left big firms to start their own funds since 2024? List the person, old firm, new fund, and fund size”
13 credible, publicly reported spinouts and new-firm launches announced from January 2024 through August 31, 2026, involving 19 named investors. Sizes are in millions of US dollars except one €60M European fund; capital actually raised, closed or secured is distinguished throughout from fundraising targets and planned ranges.
The 12 USD-denominated new funds, ranked by announced size
Bars in $M · a two-tone bar spans an announced range · hover for people and old firms
Raised / closed / securedTarget / planned
The one non-dollar fund: U2V (University 2 Venture), a €60M independent deep-tech fund launched December 2025 by Philipp Semmer, Michael Schmitt and Johannes Triebs, who spun out of Earlybird Venture Capital — shown here rather than converted into dollars.
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The three largest secured pools are Matt Miller's Evantic at $355M (ex-Sequoia, with Sequoia's backing), Chemistry at $350M, and Victor Lazarte's VL Fund at $200M (ex-Benchmark).
techcrunch.comThe largest number on the list — Michael Gilroy's $400M–$500M firm with Gokul Rajaram after leaving Coatue — is a planned range, not capital raised.
techcrunch.comChemistry is the only three-firm collision: Mark Goldberg (Index), Ethan Kurzweil (Bessemer) and Kristina Shen (a16z) raised its $350M debut fund together in October 2024.
forbes.comGeneral Catalyst and Index Ventures each lost partners twice: Benchstrength ($62M closed) and Verdict Capital ($250M–$300M target) from GC; Chemistry and Relentless ($80M debut seed fund) from Index.
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All 13 spinouts, person by person
| Person — old firm | New fund | Size | Status | Announced | Source |
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Researched public-reporting list as of 2026-08-31: 13 rows, one per new-fund event, covering launches or fundraising announcements from January 2024 through August 2026. Fund size is the announced amount in millions; "raised/closed/secured" means capital reported as committed, "target/planned" means a fundraising goal. "Since 2024" is read as launches announced from 2024 onward, not departures dated after January 1, 2024. Not a claim that every undisclosed spinout worldwide is captured; the €60M EUR fund is kept out of USD comparisons.