Adrian Johnson

TLDR: The article discusses a recent study conducted on the effects of social media on mental health and well-being. The study found that excessive use of social media platforms such as Facebook

TLDR: Investors are predicted to start investing in space mining due to solid US regulations. The Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 allows American companies to extract resources from asteroids and

TLDR: – SafeBase, a platform for security reviews, raised $33M in Series B funding. – The round was led by Touring Capital with participation from Zoom Ventures, NEA, Y Combinator, Comcast Ventures,

TLDR: Dallas-based enterprise browser developer Island raised a $175 million Series D at a $3 billion valuation. San Francisco-based open-network detection and response startup Corelight secured a $150 million Series E investment.

TLDR: Suzano Ventures has invested up to $5 million in Bioform Technologies, a Canadian materials science startup. Bioform’s technology produces wood pulp-reinforced hydrogels to create high-performance plastic alternatives, with applications in packaging

TLDR: Ansa, a fintech infrastructure solution provider, raised $14M in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Renegade Partners with participation from other investors. Ansa, based in San Francisco, CA,

TLDR: Island, a Dallas startup, secures $175 million in funding from Sequoia and Coatue at a $3 billion valuation. Despite competition from tech giants Microsoft and Google, investors still have confidence in

Article Summary TLDR: Rodrigo Seira has left Paradigm, a crypto-focused VC firm, to rejoin Cooley LLP. Seira helped create Paradigm’s Policy Lab during his time at the firm. Paradigm’s special counsel, Rodrigo

TLDR: Evan Wang, co-head of investment due diligence at Rockefeller Capital, has left the firm after two years. Wang’s departure comes as the firm focused on growing its private markets capabilities. Rockefeller

TLDR: Intuition, a new VC fund, is investing €15 million (about $16 million) in early-stage consumer startups in Europe and the US. Founders Hugo Amsellem and Etienne Boutan are seeking “slightly delusional”