Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Key Points: Engrail Therapeutics has secured USD 157 million in Series B funding led by F-Prime Capital, Forbion, and Norwest Venture Partners. The funding will support the advancement of the company’s

Article Summary TLDR: OTB Ventures closes a new €170 million fund to support European deeptech startups Fund 2 will focus on SpaceTech, Enterprise Automation & AI, Cybersecurity, and FinTech Infrastructure Amsterdam-based OTB

TLDR: Immutable, King River Capital, and Polygon Labs have set up a USD 100 million “Inevitable Games Fund” for Web3 gaming opportunities Alpha Wave Ventures, Merit Circle, Mike Arrington, and Steve Kokinos

TLDR: Ultrahuman, a wearable healthtech startup, raised USD 35 million in Series B funding. The funds will be used to enhance manufacturing capacity and conduct deeper research in the health tracking space.

TLDR: Ukrainian investment group Roosh partners with Canadian startup builder Tiny Studio to challenge private equity orthodoxy in Europe. Roosh’s investment wing Roosh X will deploy funding from $500,000 to $10m to

Japan Residency Program for Angel Investors TLDR: Japan to introduce Residency Program for angel investors to boost startup investment Key Points: Japan plans to introduce a residency program lasting up to five

TLDR: AITRICS, a medical AI company, raised ₩27.1 billion in Series B funding from Korean and foreign venture capital firms. They specialize in vital signals and developed AITRICS-VC, an AI solution for

TLDR: Australia’s startup ecosystem glorifies venture capital, but over-reliance on external funding can have negative consequences. Bootstrapping, or self-funding, may be a more sustainable and resilient approach for startups to succeed. Australia’s

Article Summary TLDR: Africa’s venture ecosystem saw a downturn in 2023 with a drop in both volume and value of venture capital investment. The continent attracted $4.5 billion in venture capital and

TLDR: Venture capital investors are increasingly demanding partial exits from late-stage startups to clock returns in a technology market slump. Sizeable investment rounds of $50 million in the past year included a