Reading Unicorns: 23rd May

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

📖 Top Articles from last week:

1. UK crypto startup Elwood closes £57m Series A from global banking giants (UKTN)

2. Legl, a SaaS for law firm workflows, tops up with $18M Series B (TechCrunch)

3. What’s going on with European startup valuations? (Sifted)

4. Modular raises $108m Series C led by Global Atlantic (AltFi)

5. Cocoa Ventures launches, a VC fund designed to act like an angel (Sifted)

6. SeedLegals introduces SEIS/EIS SAFE for US companies raising investment from UK investors (SeedLegals)

💡 Spotlight - The Seed Stage (Wednesday 2pm)

The Seed Stage is the first demo day without an accelerator, where the most ambitious and talented founders come to generate term sheets and competition for their rounds.

15 founders will pitch their startup to thousands of the most esteemed early-stage investors - both VC funds and angels.

To attend this amazing event on Wednesday at 2pm, register here.

💼 Jobs

20+ jobs at ClearScore, view here.

60+ jobs at Shares, view here.

🎙️ Last week’s podcast: S4E3 - Rania Lamprou, Co-Founder & CEO @ Simpler

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Have a great week,

The Reading Unicorns team.