Sector updates in August

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Investment funds 

• Reach Capital raised $265M for its Fund V dedicated to supporting early-stage companies pioneering AI applications including health 

Investors  

• Bryan Faust appointed Investment Director at Roche Venture Fund  

• Gabriela Ecco appointed Investment Director at Roche Venture Fund  

• Fidah Alsagoff appointed Executive Partner and Head of Global Initiatives at Flagship Pioneering  

Analysts/Banking 

• Emily Pilkington appointed Managing Director, Head of Life Sciences, Healthcare and Planetary Health, at NatWest Venture Banking 

Media    

• Joanna Robertson appointed Investigations Editor at The Pharmaceutical Journal 

• Cecilia Adamou appointed Reporter at European Medical Journal 

• Emily Olsen appointed Healthtech Editor at Modern Healthcare (US) 

• Carolyn Johnson appointed Science Reporter at The New York Times 

• Eliza Slawther left her role as Senior Writer at Pink Sheet 

• Victoria Jaggard left her role as Executive Editor at Science News (US) 

• Peter Sullivan left his role as Health Care Policy Reporter at Axios 

• Erin Brodwin left her role as Health Tech Reporter at Axios 

• Hemani Sheth left her role as Business Journalist at Healthcare Business International 

• Emma Gritt left her role as Acting Health Editor at the Daily Mail to go freelance