Summary List Placement Lightspeed Venture Partners tells Insider exclusively that it has hired a new talent partner, Sam Wholley. Wholley spent the better part of a decade helping startups hire executives in a hypercompetitive market. At search firm Riviera Partners, he worked with some of Lightspeed's portfolio companies, including AppZen, Calm, and Daily Harvest. His hire has good timing. He tells us, "The war for great talent has never been harder to win." GV has also hired a talent partner, Rhys Hughes, who was previously chief talent officer at startup, Rubrik. He helped the company to fill its executive suite and board, and also led the talent acquisition strategy. Hughes is replacing GV's former talent partner Maximos Lih, who left after eight years to join startup SambaNova Systems. BoxGroup is on a bit of a winning streak with a new fund and a spree of exits like Oscar and Matterport. The firm also recently announced it's promoted Greg Rosen from investor to partner. He is only the firm's fourth partner. Jake Storm has left IVP to join Felicis Ventures, the firm led by early Googler Aydin Senkut, as an investor. Storm has a background in enterprise software sales at Qualtrics and Zuora, which could prove useful at Felicis. Newark Venture Partners, based in Newark, New Jersey, is hiring an associate. This person will work closely with the partners to source deals, research market trends, conduct due diligenece, and support the fund. Are we missing anyone? Contact Melia Russell via email at mrussell@insider.com or on Signal at (603) 913-3085. Open DMs on Twitter @meliarobin.Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: What it's like in the death zone of Everest, K2, and other mountains

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