Reading Unicorns: 26th September

Happy Monday. We took a couple of week’s break, but we are back with this week’s Reading Unicorns round-up:

📖 Top Articles:

1. Equity management platform Ledgy (RU episode below) raises $22m Series B (FinTech Futures)

2. Molten Ventures backs UK startup Hadean with $30 million to power the metaverse (Tech EU)

3. Big SEIS changes coming in April 2023, here’s how to raise £250K SEIS starting NOW (Seedlegals)

4. Sequence raises £16.6m for B2B billing software (UKTN)

5. ‘It’s baffling’: Startups slam Barclays’ contract win from Tech Nation (CityAM)

💡 Spotlight - Inveztor

Our short-form series with early-stage founders continues with Inveztor, the B2B Fintech offering a simple, efficient and collaborative digital platform for issuing and maintaining European debt securities.

🎙️ Last week’s podcast: S4E20 - Yoko Spirig, Co-Founder & CEO @ Ledgy

📣 The Stage is back! 100+ VCs are working together to help make early stage fundraising more efficient and accessible. If you’re raising Pre-seed, Seed, or Series A now, or in the next 6 months, apply here: https://www.thestage.ventures/

The application window will on 10th October 2022, ahead of demo day on 3rd November 2022. Don’t miss out.

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Have a great week,

The Reading Unicorns team.