Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Weekly funding round-up for European startups from May 27 to May 31, 2024. London-based StructureFlow raises over €5.5 million. Swiss venture capital firm 14Peaks closes inaugural fund of over €28 million.

TLDR: Europe’s first black solo VC GP, Maria Rotilu, launches OpenseedVC with a $10 million fund to invest in operators across Europe and Africa. Rotilu believes this is the first of many

TLDR: Sequoia Capital made a significant investment in Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, marking another bet on Musk’s ventures. The firm has a history of investing in Musk’s companies and has seen

TLDR: George Sarlo, a Bay Area Venture Capitalist, is selling his $26 million mansion in the Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco. Sarlo, a Holocaust survivor, co-founded Walden Venture Capital in 1974.

TLDR: FinTech funding slows with $332.65m raised this week Key points: FinTech funding slowed this week with only $332.65 million raised, despite 21 deals being completed Top deals included FintechOS securing $60

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TLDR: Key Points: UK startups secured $3.6 billion in VC funding from January to April 2024. This marks a decline in deal volume and value compared to the previous year. In the

TLDR: Saudi Aramco’s venture capital arm, Prosperity7, invests $400 million in Chinese AI firm Zhipu AI. Prosperity7 has previously divested from a Chinese chip startup under pressure from the US government. Saudi

TLDR: Saudi fund invests in China’s effort to create a rival to OpenAI. This investment aims to support China’s push in artificial intelligence. A recent article in the Financial Times highlighted a

Article Summary TLDR: This will be uploaded to wordpress Women’s health has historically been ignored, but there is a growing momentum to invest in it. Female entrepreneurs and investors are making significant