Adam Neumann raises $350M from a16z for his new startup Flow, Bay Area housing hypocrisy | E1535
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 16 August 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Molly is back for a HUGE news days! Adam Neumann has raised $350M from a16z for his new startup Flow (2:14), and his main investor, Marc Andreessen, got into some hot water over housing policy hypocrisy! (22:05)
(0:00) Molly is back! J+M intro today's topics!
(2:14) Jason and Molly catch up Molly's vacation and the craziness of the past week
(12:36) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist
(13:56) Adam Neumann's new residential real estate company Flow has raised $350M from a16z at a valuation over $1B!
(20:34) TripActions - Go to https://tripactions.com/twist and get a $500 Amazon gift card after making your first travel booking OR paying off your first $1000 of liquid spend
(22:05) Marc Andreessen's blog explaining a16z's Flow investment, Jason and Molly go deep on potential business plans for Flow and why a16z made this bet
(34:37) Odoo - Get your first app free and a $1000 credit at https://odoo.com/twist
(35:56) Marc Andreessen's housing hypocrisy
(53:35) Jason reads slides from the leaked Flow deck *JOKE*, another a16z portfolio founder in a similar market as Flow chimed in on Twitter
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody. |
| 0:01.8 | Mommy's back, Mollywood back in the house, |
| 0:05.0 | and the gods have gifted us with a beautiful present Adam Newman |
| 0:09.6 | has been funded again and the funding amount. |
| 0:13.4 | And who funded him? |
| 0:15.0 | Molly, it's like the greatest gift. |
| 0:17.3 | The gods exist. I believe in the afterlife. |
| 0:21.2 | They have given us sacrifice to the great god of Molly coming back from this. |
| 0:24.5 | I believe I got to miss all of the dire |
| 0:29.7 | business of last week, the end of the world. |
| 0:33.1 | And I get to just roll right into news that a 16 Z has written its largest single check ever. |
| 0:42.4 | To Adam Newman for his new residential real estate startup flow. |
| 0:48.0 | Not to be confused with his other crypto project flow carbon. |
| 0:51.6 | It's I could not be more thrilled. |
| 0:54.6 | And of course, just on time, |
| 0:56.6 | Mark Andreessen and his lovely wife. |
| 0:59.8 | Comment on how multi-family housing in Atherton, |
| 1:03.9 | how these two stories drop in the same 10 days. |
| 1:06.9 | I mean, fate loves irony. It's going to be a great show. |
| 1:09.5 | So great. Stick with us. |
| 1:11.5 | This week in startups is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. |
| 1:15.9 | A business is only as strong as its people and every higher matters. |
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