Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Kettler leaves OpenView after nearly eight years to join Pillar VC as CFO OpenView continues to shrink as Kettler departs After nearly eight years with OpenView, Kettler has made the move

TLDR: AGCO invests in Innova Ag Innovation Fund VI to drive the next generation of farming AGCO Ventures’ partnership with Innova Memphis aims to support innovative startups in agriculture AGCO, a global

TLDR: Peterson Partners closed their tenth private equity fund, Fund X, at $265M The fund aims to invest in 12 profitable and growth-oriented companies in various sectors In a recent announcement, Peterson

TLDR: Suno Raises $125M in Funding Key Points: Suno, a music creation platform based in Cambridge, MA, raised $125m in funding. Backers included Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix, Founder Collective, Nat Friedman, and

TLDR: LabGenius closed a £35 million Series B financing round for therapeutic antibody discovery They are using a smart robotic platform powered by machine learning to address challenges in antibody discovery Full

TLDR: Coactive Systems, a San Jose-based AI platform, raised $30M in Series B funding. The funding round was co-led by Emerson Collective and Cherryrock Capital. Coactive Systems, a San Jose-based company focused

Article Summary TLDR: – Farcaster, a blockchain-based social platform, raised $150 million in a Series A funding round led by Paradigm, causing the community token DEGEN to surge 17% – Farcaster founder

TLDR: HSBC unveiled an innovation programme for its private banking clients, offering direct engagement with tech leaders in Silicon Valley. The programme covered emerging market trends, disruptive technologies, and artificial intelligence. Private

Article Summary TLDR: Hawke’s Brewing and Bare Funerals toast $1 million media-for-equity deals Key Points: Scaleup Mediafund has backed Sydney microbrewery Hawke’s Brewing and funeral startup Bare Funeral Group in $1 million

TLDR: Temasek’s venture capital arm is launching its first Japan-focused fund The fund aims to tap into the growing technology and innovation sector in Japan Temasek, the Singaporean state investor, is set