Adrian Johnson

TLDR Life sciences investor BEVC is raising a $25 million climate fund targeting climate-related startups. The firm’s co-founders all have backgrounds in life sciences, and their previous investments were in the life

TLDR: Why A Lack of VC Funding Might Be a Startups’ Secret Weapon Key Points: VC funding is not the only path to success for startups. A lack of funding can force

TLDR: Ciro Gonzalez, formerly an investment associate at Munich Re Ventures, has been appointed as head of Sigma Ventures. Sigma Alimentos launched the Tastech by Sigma accelerator in 2019 to identify startups

TLDR: Pack Ventures is raising a $30 million fund to invest in startups connected to the University of Washington. They have already raised $5 million and invested in 26 companies across various

TLDR: Talus Bioscience raises $11.2 million in early fundraising round to advance preclinical cancer programs. California VC Two Bear Capital leads the “seed+” round, with participation from other venture capital firms. Seattle-based

TLDR: Venture capital for climate solutions is slowly re-emerging, despite uncertainties in the market. However, the major issue lies in exits for venture capital investors in the climate solution sector. In a

TLDR: Intel Capital alumna Ishimwe joins US Department of Commerce fund Josiane Ishimwe, a former investment manager at Intel Capital, has joined the US Department of Commerce’s Chips Investment Office to make

TLDR: Besty AI has secured $1.5 million in seed funding to accelerate its expansion strategy. The startup has grown from 0 to 250 paying customers since its beta launch in October last

TLDR: Indian state-backed petroleum company BPCL announces a five-year growth plan with a $2.2bn capital outlay. Part of the plan includes establishing a corporate venture capital arm to target renewable energy startups.

TLDR: Andrew Smyth has joined Microsoft’s CVC arm M12 as a managing partner. He will focus on early-stage cybersecurity and enterprise infrastructure investments. Andrew Smyth has taken on a new role as