Alastair Goldfisher is venture capital editor for Buyouts Insider, contributing to VCJ and PE Hub. Alastair reports on venture firms and their startups, anything to do with fundraising, trends, sector analysis, personnel news and other topics regarding the worldwide VC industry. Alastair has worked as a business journalist since 1994, and he’s been with the Buyouts Insider group since 2003. Previously, he was founding editor of California CEO and before that was a reporter with the Silicon Valley Business Journal. He graduated from San Jose State University with a bachelor’s in magazine journalism and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, sons and pets. Alastair is a vegan, likes to exercise, takes lots of photos, and his two favorite drinks are espresso and beer.