<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Anthemis Group</span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">, a digital financial services venture capital and strategic advisory firm, has announced the first close of the Anthemis Venture Fund I</span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">. The fund will focus on early stage venture investments, providing pre-seed, seed and series A financing to digitally native financial services startups across North America and Europe. The fund is anchored by the European Investment Fund (“EIF”), as well as UniCredit, a leading European banking group.</span>