Reading Unicorns: 29th November

Happy Monday, grab a coffee and enjoy a quick round-up on this week’s venture news:

📖 Top Articles:

1. ClearBank becomes latest UK fintech to turn a profit (UKTN)

2. British Patient Capital posts ‘very active year’ despite testing backdrop (CityAM)

3. Slush revokes €1m award to Russian-founded Immigram (Silicon Republic)

4. Black Friday 2022 e-commerce reaches record $9.12B, Thanksgiving $5.3B; BNPL and mobile are big hits (TechCrunch)

5. UK seed-stage investment outside London rose 88% last year (UKTN)

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Have a great week,

The Riding Unicorns team.