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It's a fintech world, and we're just living in it
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Mar 25, 2022
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Podcast episode
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It was a live recording this week, which was good fun. Our co-host Natasha was off, so Mary Ann and Alex teamed up with Grace to hammer our way through the news of the week live, with friends on Hopin, Twitter Spaces, and other locations on deck to hang out and ask questions.Down a co-host or not, we tackled a whole slew of topics, including:Katie Haun's new mega crypto fund, and why the blockchain world seems to be so capital hungry.The simply bonkers pace at which Jeeves, a fintech startup, has accreted value in successive funding rounds.Ramp's latest round brought up the question of fintech vs. the world, and how startup commentary can at times miss the mark slightly.From there we pivoted to CEO changes at Kickstarter (here) and Cityblock Health (here). The changes were a jumping off point to the never-ending question of when startups should think about replacing their founders as CEOs.And we closed with a look at Forge's neat SPAC launch, and what its positive debut could mean for unicorns more generally.Also you can snag Mary Ann's fintech newsletter here, which is going to launch in short order. Get hype!
Released:
Mar 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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Edtech is the new SaaS: The whole crew was back, with Natasha Mascarenhas and Danny Crichton and myself chattering with Chris Gates behind the scenes making it all work. An extra shoutout to Natasha this week as we spent a lot of time talking about edtech, a category that she spearheads for us and has brought to the show. It's a big deal! We're on YouTube now, don't forget, and with that, let's get into the news: Climax Foods raised $7.5 million to help fuel its work to develop alt-foods that are not animal-based. The Equity crew votes that this is a tasty deal. And, Capchase has raised $4.6 million to help cash-out SaaS contracts ahead of their real revenue accrual. Our read is that more financing options for SaaS companies will lead to lower costs of capital for those startups that want it. And, the Envision Accelerator made it through batch one and is on to batch two. Then we chatted about edtech, with Natasha talking us through Owl Ventures raising huge new funds, Course Hero ext by Equity