Reading Unicorns: 27th March

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

📖 Top Articles:

1. WPP acquires The Goat Agency (Evening Standard)

Listen to RU episodes with Sir Martin Sorrell (ex-WPP CEO) and Harry Hugo (Co-Founder of The Goat Agency) by clicking their names.

2. Chatbot Start-Up Character.AI Valued at $1 Billion in New Funding Round (The New York Times)

3. Investors slam Steven Bartlett’s ‘vulture’ Flight Fund terms (UKTN)

4. Digital grocer Oja extends funding with Raheem Sterling investment (UKTN)

5. Are solo GPs screwed? (TechCrunch)

🎙️ Last week’s podcast: S5E18 - Sam Franklin, Co-Founder @ Otta

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Have a great week,

The Riding Unicorns team.