Reading Unicorns: 24th January

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

📖 3 Top Articles from last week:

1. Monopoly money: is Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard good for gaming? (The Guardian)

2. European VC investments outperform U.S. ones—and have over the past two decades (Fortune)

3. What can we do to get more women into coding? (BBC News)

💡 Spotlight - Pipe versus equity financing: What’s the difference?

Equity financing is a major source of capital for growing businesses. But it’s not the only way to capitalize your business if you want to avoid dilution once you have rinse and repeatable growth. Some founders bootstrap their businesses, others opt for venture or loans, and many are turning to alternative financing, like Pipe. Once you have predictable growth and want to avoid dilution, Pipe gives you a new way to finance your growing business while retaining your ownership interests. You can use one of your most valuable assets—your recurring revenue—to access capital without giving away your business. Read more at Pipe.com.

🎙️ Last week’s podcast: Nigel Verdon, Founder @ CurrencyCloud (acq. Visa) & Railsbank

Riding Unicorns Season 3 is sponsored by Pipe. Go to Pipe.com/RidingUnicorns to fast-track your recurring revenue with no fees for the first 12 months and finance growth on your terms.

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Have a great week,

The Reading Unicorns team.