Top 4 Curated Venture Capital Weekly Update: December 2, 2021 💰
🗒️ Report: 76% of U.S. startups feel confident about entering 2022
While activity is solidly re-emerging for startups, raising investment remains the biggest challenge going forward.
🗒️ 4 things you should do before meeting with venture capitalists
You might only get one chance to meet the venture capitalist who could transform your business, and you don’t want to blow it.
🗒️ Josh Williams interview — How Forte raised $725M for a platform for blockchain gaming
Forte raised $725 million on the expectation that it will provide the building blocks for triple-A game companies to make NFT games.
🗒️ Sustainability catches the eye of Kompas’ shiny new, green-tinted glasses fund
The dollar is mostly green, but in the hands of Kompas, so are kroner, euros and shekels.
The firm has an Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv presence, and now has a $160 million sack of funds to deploy across its focus areas: sustainability and technological innovation in the construction, real estate and manufacturing industries.