Reading Unicorns: 27th December

Happy Holidays Unicorns! 🦄 🎁

It’s that time of year where we wind down and enjoy the holiday season after a busy and tumultuous 2021. As we head into 2022, what does the year hold for fundraising and entrepreneurship? Are you excited? Nervous? Can’t wait to get going? Here’s some reading to get ahead of the pack:

📖 3 Top Articles from last week:

1. British technology sector has its best year for fundraising

2. How to raise money for your startup in 2022

3. The Sifted Founder Rich List 2021

💡Spotlight - Pink Salt Ventures

This week, we look at a company that started up the UK’s first VC firm dedicated to female founders. Pink Salt Ventures are just one of a new wave of such firms across Europe that are helping women with funding their companies, in response to a statistic that just 1.1% of venturing deals went to all-women founding teams, according to Dealroom.

The micro VC, started in 2019 by Samira Ann Qassim, is preparing to launch its second fund next spring. Their mission is “to back the next generation of self-made female billionaires.” 

You can read more about them here: Meet the UK’s first VC firm dedicated to female founders

ICYMI:

🎙️ Last week’s podcast:

See you in 2022!

Happy New Year from all of us at Riding Unicorns.