Self-described "crypto-anarcho-eco-capitalist" Stefano Bernardi, who’s been quietly angel investing for the past few years from his home in the Italian mountains, has raised a new VC fund.

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November 16, 2022
Stefano Bernardi becomes first Atomico angel to launch own fund
Unruly Capital will back "weird stuff", Bernardi says
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