Boost Capital Partners is the name of a new European + LatAm VC fund that aims to focus on user-experience startups. The London-based VC has hit its first close of $35 million, with a target of $40 million. It's been founded by Alvaro Alvarez del Rio, who has backed around 100 companies at or before seed stage, including Deliveroo, Supercell, Zencargo, Hutch Games and Tenor.
Seventy small businesses in the UK are now trying out a four-day workweek as part of a six-month trial coordinated by the non-profit 4 Day Week Global and think tank Autonomy. Leaders at four of the firms explain what they're doing and why.