Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Key Points: The number of VC secondaries buyers has increased from 12 to 18 in the past two months. Ryan Hibbison discusses the rush to get into VC secondaries in a

TLDR: SemperVirens has appointed Cournand as CFO. Cournand was previously senior vice president and CFO at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City. SemperVirens, a venture capital firm, has announced the appointment

Article Summary TLDR: Alan Howard’s son, Daniel, and Bhavin Vaid have raised $25 million for Halo Capital, a venture fund focused on early-stage crypto projects. Halo Capital has a unique approach, investing

TLDR: FMC Ventures managing director Mark Brooks discusses the challenges and opportunities in agtech investment over the next decade. Agtech startups have seen slow adoption and few exits, with $30-40 billion of

TLDR: Daniel Howard and Bhavin Vaid, former principals at 10T Holdings, have launched a new venture capital firm called Halo Capital with a $25 million inaugural fund. The fund is focused on

TLDR: A small but vocal group of start-up investors are forming new funds and taking new approaches to counter the swell of money into venture capital. Nick Chirls, along with Jonathan Wu

TLDR: Aviva Ventures has joined Aviva Investors to support UK pension VC investment reform. Ben Luckett, the head of Aviva Ventures, is now managing director of the VC and strategic capital division

TLDR: In August 2024, global venture funding dropped to $18 billion, the lowest monthly amount so far in the year. North American companies raised 66% of total global funding, with AI-related companies

TLDR: Magnetar Capital is offering AI start-ups hours of pre-paid access to high-performance compute GPUs in data centers operated by CoreWeave. This novel strategy involves providing compute time for equity rather than

TLDR: Alan Howard’s son, Daniel Howard, along with colleague Bhavin Vaid, has launched a new venture-capital fund called Halo Capital with a focus on the digital-asset sector. They raised $25 million for