Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Leonid Capital Partners supports high-growth technology companies in the national security sector. They provide non-dilutive financing to government contractors and startups. Leonid Capital Partners is an investment firm accelerating innovators in

TLDR: The NATO Innovation Fund has co-led a $22.5 million Series A funding round in UK advanced composites manufacturer iCOMAT. iCOMAT serves the aerospace and defense industry, and the funding round was

TLDR: Brandon Capital, an Australian VC firm, closes a new AU$270M fund to support life sciences startups in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. The fund will focus on expanding into the U.K.,

TLDR: Pale Blue has raised an additional $8.5 million in venture capital to mass-produce water vapor propulsion systems and upgrade the technology. The funding will support the creation of a new plant

TLDR: Genasys, an InsurTech firm, remains confident in its business model after the burst of the venture capital bubble. The company’s lack of reliance on external funding has led to resilience and

TLDR: Series A fundraising is becoming more challenging in 2024, with higher investment bars and fewer startups reaching it. The median step-up in valuation from seed to Series A has increased significantly.

TLDR: StepStone Group Inc. has raised $3.3 billion for their StepStone VC Secondaries Fund VI, L.P. making it the largest fund for venture capital secondaries Assets under management in venture capital have

“`html Article Summary TLDR: Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi announced the acquisition of Tabular, a deal valued at over $1 billion, marking the company’s second billion-dollar acquisition in 12 months. The acquisition reflects

TLDR: Testsigma, a cloud-based test automation platform, raised $8.2 million in funding led by MassMutual Ventures. Founded in 2019, Testsigma allows users to create, manage, and execute automated tests for web and

TLDR: Ed Sim of Boldstart Ventures practices “inception” investing, providing seed funding to founders before they have fully developed a business plan, leading to successful investments like cybersecurity company ProtectAI. Sim’s unconventional