Adrian Johnson

Sequoia Capital’s Boardroom Tug-of-War at Klar TLDR: Internal conflict at Sequoia over Klarna’s board representation Strategic reversals and high stakes dynamics ahead of IPOs Kate Clark explores the internal conflict and strategic

TLDR: Building a startup comes with challenges and uncertainties. VC fundraising in 2024 is particularly difficult and requires perseverance. The article explores the challenges faced by startup founders in securing VC funding

TLDR: Victoria Beasley, a partner at Gigascale Capital, discusses her career path in the cleantech sector. Barriers faced, advice received, and career opportunities in climatetech are highlighted in the interview. Canary Media’s

TLDR: CREDAI-backed Spyre VC Fund partners with Venture Catalysts to launch proptech-focused investment vehicle Spyre VC Fund slashes target corpus by half for proptech fund The article discusses how the industry body

TLDR: The Karnataka High Court ruled that service tax will not be levied on investment management exercises undertaken by venture capital trusts, providing significant tax relief. The court held that trusts do

TLDR: German specialty chemicals company Evonik has invested in Chinese biotech company JLand Biotech, focusing on vegan collagen production. The partnership aims to develop collagen protein products for cosmetic and personal care

TLDR: Lund-based Dealguru secures €900,000 in funding to develop Sweden’s largest community for shopping deals. The funding will be used to develop an app to simplify navigation through thousands of offers on

TLDR: Romanian VC firm GapMinder has set up a new EUR 80 million fund with EU and EBRD as investors. The fund will focus on investing in technology companies in Romania and

TLDR: A new investment fund, GapMinder II, has been launched by GapMinder Ventures to support deeptech start-ups in Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Bulgaria. The fund, with a target of 80

TLDR: Farquhar Venture Capital (FVC) and TZ Apac have formed an alliance to boost Web3 gaming on the Tezos blockchain. This collaboration involves financial support and resources to integrate browser and mobile