Lauren Illovsky has taken up a talent partner role at Alphabet’s CapitalG subsidiary following nearly two years in the same position at sister fund Gradient Ventures.

Lauren Illovsky has left Gradient Ventures to join US-headquartered internet and technology conglomerate Alphabet’s growth equity unit, CapitalG, as talent partner.

Gradient Ventures, the artificial intelligence-focused investment fund formed by Alphabet subsidiary Google, hired Illovsky in January 2020 as a talent partner after a three-year stint as director of talent at venture capital firm Accel.

Between 2013 and 2016, Illovsky worked at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, firstly as partner in executive talent and then on its deal team. Prior to…

Fernando Moncada Rivera

Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the CVC Unplugged podcast.