Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Study finds that music can help decrease stress levels in young adults. Listening to preferred music has a greater impact on stress reduction than nature sounds or silence. A recent study

TLDR: – After spikes in 2021 and 2022, investments in B.C. companies returned to pre-pandemic levels last year – Around $1.2 billion in venture capital was raised across 92 deals in B.C.

TLDR: Ascension VC, a London-based venture capital firm, has closed the first round of its new Tech4Good £50M pre-seed fund at £17M. The fund has attracted a range of investors including Big

TLDR: World Fund, a Berlin-based climate tech venture capital firm, has closed a €300M first fund. Backers included EIF, KfW Capital, Wachstumsfonds, BPI France, PwC Germany, NRWbank, Ignitis Group, and several pension

TLDR: MyGug, a food waste management solution provider based in Ireland, raised €900K in funding led by BVP and Enterprise Ireland. The company plans to use the funds to expand its market

TLDR: Investment in Scottish firms dropped to £359 million in 2023, almost half of the total in 2022. 45 deals worth over £71 million were recorded in Q4 2023, with notable investments

TLDR: UK VC investment dropped 45% in 2023, hitting lowest levels since 2016 London remained the top city for VC investment, with $13.6bn raised in 2023 The amount of venture capital investment

TLDR: Ascension VC closes €19.8M fund for Tech4Good pre-seed fund Fund focuses on supporting visionary founders using technology to build more resilient societies London-based Ascension VC has announced the closure of a

“`html TLDR: Key Points: FundGuard closes $100M Series C funding round led by Key1 Capital. The investment will be used for product innovation and customer expansion. FundGuard, a cloud-native SaaS platform for

TLDR: 115 Scottish firms shared £359 million of venture capital during 2023. The figure is down significantly on previous years, with a marked decline in global VC activity during the year. Deals