Reading Unicorns: 4th July

Happy Monday. Here’s this week’s Reading Unicorns round-up:

📖 Top Articles from last week:

1. Is the UK's fintech unicorn party over or just taking a break? (AltFi)

2. Zilch adds £41m to Series C round as CEO slams BNPL rivals (UKTN)

3. Apple and Google told by FCC to axe TikTok in app store over privacy concerns (City AM)

4. Taavet Hinrikus and Ian Hogarth launch €250m VC fund (Sifted)

5. New platform enables ‘everyday’ folk to invest in VC (Sifted)

💡 Spotlight - Mule App

Mule is a courier comparison and carbon offsetting solution. Mule compares several discounted courier services, providing steep savings on shipping costs to small businesses. A great solution for eCommerce and marketplace companies. https://www.mule.app/

💼 Jobs

40+ jobs at ClearBank, view here.3+ jobs at Flock, view here.10+ jobs at Griffin, view here.

🎙️ Last week’s podcast: S4E9 - Kevin Diestel, Partner @ Sapphire Ventures

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Have a great week,

The Reading Unicorns team.