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🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This week on Equity, we kicked things off with news of Ruth Foxe Blader leaving Anthemis to launch Foxe Capital and Exponent announcing their second fund. We then dove deep into layoffs and shutdowns for Frontdesk and Countdown Capital, respectively, and new efforts to support tech startups in both Israel and Palestine.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Equity a podcast about the business of startups where we
0:15.3	unpack the numbers and the nuance behind the headlines. This is January 5th
0:19.7	2024. My name is Alex. I'm joined by my bestie. It's Marianne asoveto.
0:24.1	Marianne hello. Welcome to the new year.
0:26.6	Yes, I am actually really excited about 2024.
0:29.9	Past couple of years were a little bit rough personally but I just feel good
0:34.8	about this year in general I think it's it's going to be a little bit more of a
0:38.4	we're going to see more positive stuff happening in general this year.
0:42.8	Well, now you've jinxed it.
0:44.0	Oh gosh.
0:45.0	Now we're gonna get hit by an asteroid.
0:46.1	Oh gosh.
0:47.1	When that happens, you can play Marianne.
0:48.3	It's all my fault if that happens.
0:49.7	Oh no, don't be optimistic.
0:51.1	No, I'm actually, I'm actually entirely on board with you and one of our stories on the show today does deal with a dose of optimism from the Tech Runch crew so we will talk about that in a little bit but on today's show with that positive vibe, we are going to talk about
1:04.1	in our deals of the week what's going on with Fox Capital and Exponent, and then corporate
1:09.4	Venture Capital's role in a potential crypto rebound.
1:12.8	That is the positive note that I can't wait to bring up.
1:15.2	Then we do turn the page a little bit
1:16.7	and talk about some downsides,
1:18.3	talking about layoffs and shutdowns at Front Desk
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