Here is this week’s edition of the Startup Monday Issue (Issue 40– 17 May 2021)

Sharing the following this week:

- Cryptocurrency’s Value Surges to $45 Billion One Day After Its Debut. A digital token that was launched Monday and goes by the name Internet Computer is already one of the largest cryptocurrencies in the world, with a market value of about $45 billion.

- Collective, a subscription-based back-office platform for the self-employed raised $20 million from Ashton Kutcher’s VC

- Huma, which uses AI to monitor patients raised $130 million

- Europe’s unicorn startup count was 60 — since then it’s increased to 70. Eight European unicorns have also publicly listed, via an IPO or SPAC — including Arrival, Darktrace, Deliveroo and UiPath.

- It’s the US vs. China in the race to build the chip technology of tomorrow. Even as the world’s leading chipmakers scramble to solve critical supply bottlenecks, a new wave of semiconductor startups has been quietly lining up massive sums of venture capital in their quest to design the next generation of chips.

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