Goodwin has hired two venture-capital focused partners, Nicole Peppe and Luke Bagley, for its Private Investment Funds practice in Boston. Peppe said the move would help them support clients all along the corporate lifecycle. "We viewed this as the opportunity to have a one-stop shop for all of our clients," she said to Reuters. Bagley said the outlook for venture financing and capital markets activity has improved in the wake of uncertainty in the technology industry.