In January, European VC Creandum made a new hire — San Francisco-based investor Ghazwa Khalatbari — bringing its team out there to five people. Fellow European VC Northzone is also on the hunt for an addition to its six-person team in New York, while Index Ventures has dozens of people in the US, with offices in both San Francisco and New York.
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