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TLDR: Australian universities are producing successful startups founded by students, such as Atlassian and Immutable. Students are now delving into venture capitalism with Australia’s first student-run VC fund, NextGen Ventures. Australian universities

TLDR: Andreessen Horowitz is investing $30 million in gaming startups through its a16z Speedrun program. The firm is looking to support startups at the intersection of Tech x Games in the rapidly

TLDR: Women’s healthtech startup Femtek has raised $1 million in Seed funding to give women better data around their menstrual cycle. Femtek has developed a smart ring, BBRing, that tracks basal body

TLDR: DOS Labs has secured a $2.45 million investment led by venture capital firms for their game MetaDOS. MetaDOS is a battle royale game that operates solely on blockchain technology, offering unique

TLDR: Tiger Global’s VC fund closed 63% below the target with $2.2 billion, well short of the $6 billion target. Facing a challenging fundraising climate, Tiger Global gathered the smallest fundraising haul

TLDR: Vietnamese battery startup Alternō secures over $1.5 million in funding from leading impact and venture capital funds. The funding round was co-led by The Radical Fund and Touchstone Partners, with additional

Article Summary TLDR: Malaysia aims to become the preferred destination for venture capital in APAC by 2030. The Malaysia Venture Capital Roadmap (MVCR) outlines strategies to increase venture penetration rate and attract

Article Summary TLDR: Key Points: Venture capital funding into crypto surged by 52.5% in March, totaling $1.16 billion. Infrastructure projects received the most funding, followed by DeFi and CeFi projects. The month

TLDR: African startups saw a surge in interest from investors between 2019 and 2021, with VC investments rising to $4 billion in 2021. However, the funding environment is now returning to pre-2016

TLDR: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has launched a $30 million investment initiative for tech-centric gaming startups focused on AI, VR/AR, and Web3 technologies. The initiative will be distributed through the SPEEDRUN accelerator program,