π¨ Damien Hirst's immersive NFT art project, The Currency, on the meaning of art, value and money. A thread from Matt Hougan.
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π± Just launched: Index Ventures' OptionPlan Seed. An entrepreneur-focussed tool for benchmarking employee share options allocation at Seed stage.
π Venture investors look for the next hot thing outside India and China - Fortune, with Dealroom data.
π Dutch online supermarket Picnic just raised β¬600M in a round led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the third biggest round in Dutch startup history.
βοΈ Lilium SPAC listing, AccuRx Series B, Smartnews to $2B valuation, and Truecaller IPO. Atomico had a big Tuesday.
πͺπΈ The state of the Madrid Region startup ecosystem report, by Startup Radar Madrid.
πΈ How to raise investment - by Monzo and GoCardless founder Tom Blomfield.
π¦ Hedge funds are increasingly trying to compete with VCs in private deals - CNBC, with Dealroom data.