From Lauri Moore to Vic Singh, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

Venture capitalists don’t traditionally move around very much, especially those who reach the partner or general partner level.

So far this year , there have been notable instances of investors returning to old firms, striking out on their own, or taking a pause from investing entirely.

Longtime Sequoia partner Matt Miller announced on December 18 that he was leaving the firm to start his own firm.

On September 11 , Jacob Westphal announced he was leaving Andreessen Horowitz .

After nearly seven years , Alex Cook is getting ready to leave Tiger Global .

Anne Lee Skates announced on July 11 that she’s off to do her life's work’ and will post more about her future plans.

On March 5 , Miles Grimshaw announced he’d be returning to Thrive Capital as a general partner after serving the same position at Benchmark Capital for three years .

Sam Blond announced he had come to that conclusion and would be leaving Founders Fund .

Connie Chan announced she was leaving Andreessen Horowitz on January 23 .