Stuart Chapman
Venture
Draper Esprit cuts the legacy name apron strings to rebrand as Molten Ventures
2:39 am PST • November 9, 2021
Draper Esprit, Europe’s only stock market-listed tech VC firm, is changing its name to Molten Ventures after a change in senior personnel and an increasingly distant relationship with the U.S.…
Venture
Extra Crunch roundup: Square buys Afterpay, paid search basics, career advice for devs
3:30 pm PDT • August 3, 2021
Square paid around a quarter of its present-day value for Afterpay. That seems like a lot. But was it too much?
Startups
Why Draper Esprit doubled down on its status as a publicly listed VC
6:49 am PDT • August 3, 2021
Draper Esprit, another British venture capital firm, moved from the AIM to the LSE proper, with a secondary listing on Euronext Dublin.
