Reading Unicorns: 22nd November

Happy Monday, quick round-up on this week’s venture news:

📖 Top Articles:

1. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes jailed for fraud (BBC)

2. Hunt pushes to make UK ‘the world’s next Silicon Valley’ (CityAM)

3. Outrage after a startup with Russian founders wins Slush pitch competition (Sifted)

4. Capsule Partners With Vouch To Support Startups Globally (Capsule)

5. Index Ventures launches £253m seed fund (UKTN)

📝 The UK’s largest ever survey of angel investors: PLEASE COMPLETE HERE(Takes <2mins)

🎙️ Last week’s podcast: S5E2 - Jacob Waern, Founder & CEO @ eduMe

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Have a great week,

The Riding Unicorns team.