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We're bringing you two new fund announcements this morning as Bootstrap Europe, which offers startups venture debt funding, has closed a third €130m fund to back 35 sustainability businesses, while Kindred Capital, a VC known for giving portfolio founders a share of its investment profits, has raised a $130m fund — it's got its eye on pre-seed techbio and infrastructure startups.

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🇬🇧 New UK report reveals barriers for disabled entrepreneurs.

Put together by Small Business Britain & Lloyds Bank, the Disability and Entrepreneurship report consulted more than 500 disabled and neurodiverse founders across the UK:

37% of founders said that they've been discriminated against
because of their disability
56% had no external support — like financial help, training or advice — when starting up their businesses
72% couldn't find any role models in the industry to guide them
84% felt they didn't have the same level of access to opportunities as non-disabled founders.

🏦 Bootstrap Europe closes third venture debt fund. It has €130m to back 35 sustainability startups, and will give loans of between €1m-15m over a period of three to four years.

💸 Kindred raises new $130m fund — it'll invest at pre-seed and seed,

50% of the fund will be reserved for follow-on investments and the team will do around 10 investments a year.

🇺🇸 Climeworks confirms US expansion plans. The Swiss carbon removal startup — which is one of Europe's best-funded climate techs — was tempted across the pond by Biden's $369bn climate bill.

🌱 The most active angel investors in climate tech.

👼 Everything you need to know about angel investment — including how you become one, how to find the right match for your startup and the pros and cons of bringing angels on board.

💰How to raise Series B funding. When should you raise? How much should you aim for? And what do VCs want to see in your pitch deck?

🤖 European pre-seed deeptech founders are considering upping sticks and relocating to the US and Asia — but a new breed of VCs could help the continent keep them at home.

🤖 17 Baltic startups to watch, according to VCs.

🏖 How to create a retirement policy — Yssine Matola, VP of people at healthtech Semble, shares what to include, and how to pull it together.

📝 Why corporate contracts matter — and the reality of securing them. (Sponsored by Wayra)

💰 Series A+

Fintech Farm, a London-based platform for launching neobanks in partnership with traditional banks around the world, has raised a $22m Series B round from Nordstar.
Foodtech KoRo has raised a €20m Series B extension round, closing the round at €75m.
Dutch startup SenseGlove, which makes a VR system to be worn on the hands, has secured €3.25m in Series A funding.

💰 Pre-seed & seed

Plexigrid, which tries to make electricity grids more efficient, has raised €4.5m in seed funding.
Quanscient, which offers simulation technology powered by quantum and cloud computing, has raised a €3.9m seed round from Maki.vc.
French IT-as-a-service startup Primo has raised a $3.4m seed round from investors including Headline and Global Founders Capital.

💰 Undisclosed

E-magy, which makes a silicon material for lithium-ion batteries that it says could improve their efficiency by 40%, has raised €15m.
French electric micro-car maker Kate has raised €7m.
Triver, which finances unpaid business invoices, has raised £7m from investors including Stride and scouts from Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.
Wayland Additives, which manufactures and sells 3D printing machines, has raised £4.6m.
Game developer World Makers has raised a $4m extension from Makers Fund.
Pharmacierge, a UK-based medicine delivery platform, has raised £2.4m.

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