Reading Unicorns: 10th October

Happy Monday. Here’s this week’s Reading Unicorns round-up:

📖 Top Articles:

1. Venture Capital Firm 83North Raises $400 Million for Latest Fund (Bloomberg)

2. The Hottest Startups in London (Wired)

3. Fintech Railsr closes £40m Series C for embedded finance service (UKTN) Listen back to our episode with Nigel from Railsr here.

4. UK-based legaltech Lawhive bags $2M led by Episode 1 Ventures to give affordable legal advice (Tech Funding News)

5. ‘Deliveroo for tradespeople’ Snap It snaps up £2.1m (UKTN)

💡 Spotlight - Monet

Monet is an embedded fintech for the creator economy - enabling platforms and agencies to offer borderless credit and payments. If you are an influencer agency or brand that works with digital creators, check them out. Monet is backed by some of the UK’s top angels, including previous RU guest Charles Delingpole, and Force Over Mass and Portfolio Ventures.

🎙️ Last week’s podcast: S4E22 - Pietro Bezza, Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures

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Have a great week,

The Riding Unicorns team.