Reading Unicorns: 2nd October

Grab a coffee and enjoy a quick round-up on the latest venture news:

📖 Top Articles:

1. The era of lean Unicorns (Sifted)

2. Dawn Capital raises £573m for B2B tech funds (UKTN)

3. Apron, a fintech startup from ex-Revolut product lead, raises £12m (UKTN)

4. England captain Stokes seeks edge with launch of venture fund (Sky News)

5. Character.AI in Early Talks for Funding at More Than $5 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg)

🎙️ Last week’s podcast: Jimmy Fussing Nielsen, Managing Partner @ Heartcore Capital

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Join 200+ VCs by registering to attend W23 demo day on 12th October at 2pm-4pm (BST) at gofocal.vc

As well as watching up to 30 incredible startups pitch, the Focal team has assembled an impressive panel & 1-1 sessions with all finalists.

Attendees will also be able to invest in the very best startups from demo day. They’ve already co-invested with the likes of Lightspeed, Google Ventures, 20VC, MMC, Soma Capital, Ada Ventures and more. Remember, capital is at risk!

See you there!

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Have a great week,

The Riding Unicorns team.