Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Startups are scaling up with Shell Ventures for access to deployment opportunities, funding, and connections within Shell’s ecosystem. This partnership helps startups in the energy tech sector to grow and innovate.

Article Summary TLDR: Key Points: Ascent worked with CUSO and corporate VC investors to penetrate the credit union space Reseda Group and TruStage Ventures collaborated to help portfolio companies like Ascent Data

TLDR: – BeReal, a social media app, was acquired by Voodoo, a mobile gaming company, for €500 million. – BeReal’s acquisition by a gaming company in 2024 raised eyebrows due to its

TLDR: Growth debt is a form of financing for startups borrowed from specialized lenders. Only a small percentage of venture capital-backed businesses in Europe are eligible for growth debt. Growth debt is

TLDR: Consolidation is increasing in the alternative asset management industry as major players are expanding. Big deals like Ares Management Corp. exploring a potential deal for around $66 billion of GLP Capital

TLDR: Key Points: Avava, a skincare firm based in Waltham, Mass., secured $10 million in growth capital from Catalio Capital Management. Catalio’s funding of Avava comes from its Structured Opportunities Fund and

TLDR: Evgenia Plotnikova, General Partner at Dawn Capital, discusses the decision for VCs to broaden or narrow their focus. Dawn Capital is Europe’s leading specialist B2B software venture capital investor with over

TLDR: Key Points: AgFunder has about $200 million in assets under management and invests in early-stage food tech and ag tech seed to series A companies. Investor expectations have shifted in the

TLDR: Key Points: The Midwest lacks talent and risk capital in the right places to commercialize great ideas, with most venture capital going to coastal cities. Universities in the Midwest produce groundbreaking

TLDR: Two Small Fish Ventures has closed its third venture fund at $41 million CAD, exceeding its $40 million CAD target. The fund focuses on investing in early-stage frontier tech startups and