The Lowdown #5

👋🏾 Hi friends!

I’m off to Italy (again!) for a long weekend as a surprise trip for my wife. We’ll be celebrating her birthday with her family out there for the first time in over 20 years 🥳

So this newsletter may be a little bit lighter than my normal verbal extravaganza!

For this week’s Lowdown, I thought I would highlight some of the reasons to be positive about the state of venture today.

There’s been a couple of huge announcements here in Europe and one that’s not quite as big in Kenya, but it’s important nonetheless!

💥 Atomico raises 1bn Euro
🌄 Dawn bags $700m
🔒 Greylock lands $1bn
▶️ Enza Capital closes $58m

Keep reading to get the full lowdown on each of these…

And remember to check out this week’s Nothing Ventured pod where we take a look back at some of the operators we’ve had on in Season 4, sharing all their wisdom.

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Now let’s get into it.