Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Sands Capital has raised a new $555 million life science fund, bringing its total committed capital to $1.3 billion. The fund will focus on investing in therapeutic, diagnostic, and device companies

TLDR: Supply-demand imbalance for startups, with $300 billion of dry powder waiting to be deployed SaaS startups lead in funding, but overall VC activity lags behind previous years Atlanta-based BIP Ventures released

TLDR: Capria Ventures appoints Mobola da-Silva as Partner Mobola will drive Capria’s investment strategy in Africa Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist venture capital firm, has announced the appointment of Mobola da-Silva

TLDR: SmarterDx, a NYC-based clinical AI company, raised $50M in Series B funding led by Transformation Capital. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate product innovation and market expansion to

TLDR: Sports and gaming companies are investing in Sharp Alpha’s Fund II. Fund II is oversubscribed due to interest from publicly traded sports-oriented gaming and entertainment companies. Article Summary: Publicly traded sports-oriented

TLDR: TrueBridge Capital Partners raised $1.6 billion across five different venture capital investment vehicles. The funds received support from existing limited partners and new investors, leading to an increase in the firm’s

TLDR: Norrsken VC, known for impact investing, closes Fund II at €320 million, making it the largest early-stage impact fund in Europe. Fund backed by almost 50 LPs, including institutional investors like

TLDR: Zero-knowledge project Hylé raised $2.6 million in funding led by Framework Ventures. The funding will be used to launch the mainnet quickly and develop additional proving schemes for their ZK tech

TLDR: Climate tech fundraising remains steady according to the Silicon Valley Bank’s annual report. Despite an overall decline in VC fundraising, climate tech is only 14% below 2021 results. The report highlights

TLDR: Saudi Aramco Ventures invests in British AI ecology platform Dendra Systems Dendra Systems raises $15.76 million in Series B funding round with Aramco Ventures Saudi Aramco Ventures, the venture capital arm