Reading Unicorns: 24th April

Grab a coffee and enjoy a quick round-up on this week’s venture news:

📖 Top Articles:

1. How to attract early-stage angel investors (Sifted)

2. Founders Pledge launches VC arm, Pledge Ventures, to create new ‘flywheel’ in philanthropy (TechCrunch)

3. Kindred Capital closes £105m for third venture fund (UKTN)

4. Aviva injects £150m into VC arm as it commits to funding more tech start ups (CityAM)

5. Why EIS Funds Can Outperform VCT Funds (Master Investor)

🎙️ Top 3 episodes of ALL-TIME!:

1. Alex Chesterman OBE

1. George Robson @ Sequoia Capital

2. Gordon Sanghera @ Oxford Nanopore

Season 6 will be launch on 3rd May with… *drum roll*…. Tristan Thomas @ Packfleet, former VP Marketing, Communications & Policy at Monzo. We have attractive sponsorship packages for brands looking to reach more founders and people involved in the world of venture.

IMPORTANT NOTICE - For Founders Raising Soon

For any founders raising Pre-Seed to Series A over the next few months, apply to Focal (previously The Stage) to pitch thousands of VCs and angels in one go, generating a ton of investor inbound. Alumni raised from the likes of Lightspeed, GV and 20VC. It's like YC but without the accelerator. Application deadline: 24th April 6pm. To apply, visit gofocal.vc.

Have a great week,

The Riding Unicorns team.