A $700M SAFE, more IPOs, and how one venture fund is transcending borders

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4.2 • 365 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The Equity crew is closing out the week with a look at Onyx's pivot to B2B, a climate incubator set up by the former co-founder of Casper, Wonder's $700 million raise and how Ethos Fund is fostering cross-border investing. We were also curious about Saudi Arabia's AI investment push and how some VCs are holding back an IPO rush.

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0:15.3	Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and the nuance behind the headlines. My name is
0:19.5	Alex and I'm joined today by Senior Tech Lynch reporter on the World of FinTech.
0:23.2	It's Marianne.
0:24.2	Hey, Marian, how are you?
0:25.3	I'm good, Alex.
0:26.1	How's it going?
0:27.1	Well, winter has returned and my baby's been sick.
0:29.7	So it's not that bad.
0:30.9	It's just, you know, it's been a long week. I second that.
0:35.2	Well, but it has been a long week, but it's getting better because Becca is back with us on equity.
0:39.4	Becca, hi, how are you? I am good. I also feel like it has been a long week.
0:44.0	Long week in a good way though, because we do have some very fun news on the show, including some
0:48.1	updates on the world of IPOs, but before we get into that, two things, one,
0:52.8	please don't forget to drop a rate or review of the show
0:56.0	on your favorite podcast application.
0:58.0	We do really appreciate it, and we will read out
1:00.2	some of the best of those on the show
1:01.8	in the coming weeks.
1:03.0	And also, back up before you jump in, you recently had a very important guest over on Found.
1:07.6	Yes, we recently had Eric Gleiman, the co-founder and CEO of Ramp on the Found Podcast.
1:13.2	So if you want to hear a little bit more
1:15.4	about their founding journey,
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