Reading Unicorns: 17th January

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

📖 3 Top Articles:

1. Checkout.com becomes UK’s most valuable fintech at $40bn (The Guardian)

2. London ranks as fourth city globally for VC tech investment (UKTN)

3. Brexit triggers tsunami of trade mark applications as UK firms rush to protect intellectual property (CityAM)

💡 Spotlight - Narchie

Another Pringle Capital portfolio company and future unicorn, Narchie is this week’s Spotlight. Narchie has been dubbed the “Depop of Homeware” and is growing more than 70% month on month. Founded by Harriet Wetton, the social-first marketplace app allows users to buy and sell homeware and is helping fix the massive waste problem in the homeware retail space. Over 22m pieces of furniture are thrown away in the UK each year alone. Narchie has had an incredible first 10 months since inception and is on track to be a category defining business.

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🎙️ Last week’s podcast: Ali Parsa, Founder & CEO at NYSE listed Babylon.

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Have a great week,

The Reading Unicorns team.