Adrian Johnson

TLDR: Amazon’s $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund is focusing on investments in AI and robotics. The fund has already made 12 investments, including in companies like Mantis Robotics. Amazon’s VC fund is

TLDR: Crypto exchange Backpack, founded by ex-FTX and Alameda employees, raised $17 million in Series A funding. Placeholder VC led the round, with participation from Hashed, Robot Ventures, Amber Group, Wintermute, and

TLDR: Crypto staking platform ContributionDAO secures $2.8 million in funding led by KASIKORN X Venture Capital. The funding will be used to expand operations in the Southeast Asia blockchain market and develop

TLDR: The Financial Times has launched a new corporate VC arm called FT Ventures. FT Ventures’ initial investments include Charter, a future-of-work media and research company. The Financial Times has introduced a

TLDR: Some startups are using questionable metrics to raise capital in the AI space. VCs are seeing similarities to past failed attempts, such as WeWork. In the increasingly crowded world of artificial

TLDR: Key Points: Zacua Ventures closed its inaugural fund, exceeding its target by 10%. The fund led a $9m seed round for Flexnode, a digital infrastructure company. Zacua Ventures, a global venture

TLDR: Neil Shen, founder of Sequoia China, has taken up Singapore residency. This move comes amidst increasing scrutiny and political tensions in China. Sequoia China founder Neil Shen has recently obtained residency

TLDR: Choice, a Prague-based B2B SaaS platform for restaurants, recently raised €2.3 million in funding to help digitize restaurant customer bases and increase customer retention. The funding will be used to scale

TLDR: Benjamin Kim PhD has been promoted to Partner at Playground Global. He focuses on revolutionizing engineered biology and drug development. Playground Global, a deep-tech venture firm, announced the promotion of Benjamin

TLDR: Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) launches Qatar’s first venture capital (VC) Fund of Funds to boost innovation in the country. The Fund of Funds program aims to invest over US$1 billion in