Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Africa’s venture capital landscape saw a significant decline in exits in the first half of 2024. South Africa emerged as the most active country in terms of exits, with the FinTech

TLDR: Venture capital and private equity firms are crucial for funding tech startups. Crypto and web3 projects have unique fundraising processes compared to traditional tech. Venture capital is essential for the growth

TLDR: An investor gold rush is driving larger seed rounds, with more surpassing $5 million. Multi-stage VC firms are inflating seed round sizes by offering bigger checks. There’s been an investor gold

TLDR: Bolt Financial plans to raise $450 million at a $14 billion valuation. The company threatens legal action against main investor, Silverbear Capital, due to a miscommunication. Bolt Financial, a payments unicorn,

TLDR: Joshua Kushner’s venture capital firm, Thrive Capital, has had significant success in investing in high-quality startups such as OpenAI and Stripe. Despite coming from a famous and sometimes controversial family, Kushner

TLDR: Startups are struggling to raise funding, with the value of private equity and venture capital-backed funding rounds down about 7% month to month. Despite some startups seeing a turnaround in funding,

TLDR: NEA has entered the hot secondaries market with San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System committing $20m. LPs are prioritizing GP succession plans. The article discusses NEA’s recent foray into the secondaries market,

TLDR: AI coding is a hot area for venture funding, with Magic and Codeium securing significant rounds this week. Magic raised $320 million, while Codeium raised $150 million. These companies are part

TLDR: Web3 startups are still attracting high-value funding in August, with PIP Labs, Andrena, and Gameplay Galaxy securing significant investments. New funds, including Parafi Capital and Lemniscap, are targeting Web3 startups to

TLDR: Magic raised $320M in artificial intelligence funding. Cribl and Codeium also raised significant funding rounds. The past week saw some notable funding rounds in the U.S. startup scene. San Francisco-based Magic