Fairness, a TechCrunch podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups

Hi there and welcome again to Equity, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

Fortunately we had been as soon as once more at full power this week, with Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas and Mary Ann Azevedo chatting, and Grace dealing with manufacturing.

You possibly can inform from the subject record at present that we’re in an odd time. There are myriad alerts that the startup market is slowing down. And there are some counter-narrative knowledge factors that paint a extra complicated image. The place do you stand in your individual viewpoint? Effectively, learn on for some knowledge to think about:

• Natasha gave us a quick replace on All Elevate’s annual VC summit, however she’ll get into extra on an upcoming Wednesday present (keep tuned!)
• Monte Carlo just raised a unicorn round, value $135 million at a $1.6 billion valuation. However, Bolt is shedding workers amidst a correction within the bigger startup market, and maybe its personal house.
• If startup information is pointing in two instructions, so too are knowledge from the enterprise capital world. Whereas Sequoia is warning founders about a downturn, a16z simply raised a king’s ransom to pour into the web3 market. Parse that as you’ll.
• There have been different bits of stories to think about as we work to grasp the place the startup world actually is at present, together with information from Zip and Nowports — two newly minted unicorns that Mary Ann not too long ago profiled.
• And we closed on, what else, drama in fintech. As Stripe and Plaid gear as much as battle, Finix is both within the fray, or about to leap in, relying in your perspective. What’s clear is that more and more overlapping fintech giants are going to rub up in opposition to each other. You possibly can learn extra about that in The Interchange, out on Sunday.