Adrian Johnson

Article Summary TLDR: Visionaries Club, a venture capital firm, believes European entrepreneurs need access to capital and domain expertise for success. They have recruited two groups of investors, digital entrepreneurs and family

TLDR: Ada Ventures, a UK-based venture capital firm, has closed its second fund at GBP63M to support early-stage founders. The fund received backing from institutional investors as well as founder investors. Ada

TLDR: Monzo, a London-based digital bank, raised $430 million in funding led by CapitalG The company plans to use the funds to expand its business reach, particularly in the U.S., and continue

TLDR: Ethiopia-based EV startup Dodai raises USD 4 M in Series A funding, bringing total capital raised to USD 6.2 M Investors in the round include Nissay Capital, Musashi Seimitsu, and Inclusion

TLDR: Frontnow, a tech startup in Berlin, raised €3.8M in extended Seed funding to further develop AI solutions for online retailers. The round was led by Peak, with participation from PROfounders Capital

TLDR: 8i Ventures has launched a new $10 million seed fund named Origami to invest in pre-seed to early revenue startups. The fund will double the allocation to $20 million if well

TLDR: IIM Lucknow is launching an Early Stage Venture Capital – Angel Investing Certification Program. The two-day residential program will cover topics such as startup evaluation, investment thesis, valuation models, network &

Article Summary TLDR: First Move, an early stage fund, has made strategic investments in Malaysian startups, focusing on early-stage founders and injecting significant capital into the ecosystem. The fund has invested in

TLDR: Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company will be an anchor investor in Blue Opal Capital’s second venture capital fund. Blue Opal Capital recently launched a Fund-of-Fund platform focused on identifying and investing

Investing in the ideas of the North: Innovation has no geographical boundaries TLDR: Key Points: The North of England is £6B underfunded compared to London in terms of private investment The Government