Adrian Johnson

TLDR: European venture capital firm Earlybird has closed a €173 million healthcare fund to support European healthcare companies. The fund will target companies across digital health, diagnostics, medical devices, R&D tools, and

TLDR: Motif Neurotech, a startup founded by Rice professor Jacob Robinson, has secured $18.75 million in Series A funding from venture capital investors. The startup aims to commercialize a brain stimulator device

TLDR: – Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) has reached deals with five major venture capital firms, allowing Queensland start-ups to access up to $200 million in new matched funding. – The

TLDR: – The Queensland government has allocated $130 million from the Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) to five venture capital firms – Corporate training tech unicorn Go1, workplace software unicorn SafetyCulture,

A new impact report from Big Society Capital reveals that the UK social investment market has experienced strong growth since 2012. Big Society Capital has channelled £2.6bn of investment to over 3,500

TLDR: British Patient Capital has allocated €20mn to Earlybird Health II, the second healthcare fund of Earlybird Health. The investment supports British Patient Capital’s mandate to catalyse more private sector investment into

TLDR: Boat Planet, a St. Louis-based marketplace for the boat repair and maintenance industry, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by 46VC, with participation from Ascend Venture

Avison Young has reported that there has been a decline in venture capital funding for life sciences in the Bay Area, resulting in a rise in vacancies in the sector. In the

A vector search startup called Marqo, founded by former Amazon robotics scientist Jesse Clark and ex-AWS software engineer Tom Hamer, has raised $19.4 million in a Series A funding round. The round

TLDR: Jack Altman, a newly minted venture capitalist, is focusing on B2B software enhanced with AI. Altman has raised $150 million for the debut fund of Alt Capital. Jack Altman, a newly