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New 10m FinestLove VC launched to fund student startups  ArcticStartup

Contour Venture Partners, an early investor in Datadog and Movable Ink, has raised $42M for its fifth fund  Yahoo Finance UK

Climate-Focused VC ETF Partners Raises $310 Million for Sustainability Solutions Venture Fund  ESG Today ETF Partners raises €285M for climate startups that will be effective quickly — not 20 years down the road  TechCrunch Fund in Focus: How ETF Partners closed its €284m oversubscribed vehicle  Real Deals Europe’s original sustainability VC, ETF Partners, raises €285M in oversubscribed round  Tech.eu […]

Big Tech, VC firms pump $1B into ML data darling Scale AI  The Register AI data labelling start-up Scale valuation doubles to $14bn  Financial Times Amazon, Meta back Scale AI in $1 billion funding deal that values firm at $14 billion  CNBC Data-labeling startup Scale AI raises $1B as valuation doubles to $13.8B  TechCrunch Exclusive: Scale AI secures $1B […]

Crypto VCs will invest $12bn cash horde in blockchain projects this year  DLNews Crypto Startup Funding Hits $2.4 Billion in Q1 – News Bytes Bitcoin News  Bitcoin.com News Venture capital funding in crypto rises to $2.4 bln, PitchBook says  Reuters April 2024 Fundraising Report  Messari Venture capital investment in crypto picks up after long decline  CNA

PitchBook’s Q1 2024 European VC Valuations Report – Valuations, trends, and outlook  Tech.eu

Side Letter: HKVCA takeaways  Private Equity International

2024 France Private Capital Breakdown  PitchBook News & Analysis

Galaxy Ventures bemoans ‘challenging’ market as crypto VC funding set for measly 27% gain  DLNews Venture capital funding in crypto rises to $2.4 bln, PitchBook says  Reuters Crypto Startup Funding Hits $2.4 Billion in Q1 – News Bytes Bitcoin News  Bitcoin.com News April 2024 Fundraising Report  Messari Q1 2024 Crypto Report  PitchBook News & Analysis

VCTs plough £505mn into early stage companies  FT Adviser