Reading Unicorns: 17th October

Happy Monday.

Here’s this week’s Reading Unicorns round-up:

📖 Top Articles:

1. Uniswap fulfills its Unicorn Destiny with $165M Funding Round (The Defiant)

2. Children’s money app GoHenry raises £49m for Italy expansion (UKTN)

3. Over £100m announced in VCT fundraising (FTAdviser)

4. Audioboom rakes in £50m in third quarter as advertising revenue perks up (CityAM)

5. Indian edtech giant Byju’s raises $250 million in fresh funding (TechCrunch)

💡 Spotlight - Kuai Commerce

Kuai Commerce Co-Founder Jonny did a full episode with Riding Unicorns a year ago (Oct 6, 2021) to share his journey with his previous company Pouch and we are really exited to hear about his next venture, which is helping the most ambitious international brands sell their products in China using the power of social commerce.

🎙️ Last week’s podcast: S4E23 - Justina Tartilaite, Co-Founder @ Adsum

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Have a great week,

The Riding Unicorns team.