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Equity

TechCrunch

Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Business, Technology

4.2 • 372 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Don’t forget that the code “EQUITY” can save you money on Disrupt tickets and TechCrunch+ access. And it makes us here on the show look good! Markets: Stocks are mostly down around the world today, taking especially large hits in Asia. U.S. shares are set to fall as well when they begin to trade. Major cryptos are also off in the last 24 hours, but not enough to make a fuss about. Startups: Today we took a look at new fundraises at Vendease, an African logistics company in the food space, and Disperse, a U.K-based construction tech company that wants to map building sites. That market, it turns out, is huge. Quick Hits: Do Kwon has been hit with a red notice, which means that he will likely soon be in custody. However, some are irked that he's in trouble for causing a financial meltdown and losing a lot of folks' money. What's the argument there? That he wasn't being malicious, and instead was merely, we presume, stupid. Not a great argument in terms of making Do Kwon look good, but that's where we are. Also in the mix: The new iPhone is being built in India and TikTok may find regulatory reprieve. Closing Riff: Goodbye Q3 2022, hello Q4 2022. This is the last Equity Monday of the third quarter, a period that few of us are going to look back on and miss. That's our show! We are back Wednesday and Friday! Equity drops every Monday at 7 a.m. PT and Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotifyand all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, a show that details how our stories come together and more! Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to Equity, the Tech Runge Podcast, where we unpack the numbers and the nuance behind the headlines.

0:17.0

It is September 26, 2022, and yes, this is Alex and I am fully in agreement with you.

0:23.0

We could use more three-day weekends.

0:25.0

Anyways, lots to get through this morning, but before we do, do not forget that Disrupt

0:28.8

is coming up in October, and if you need a ticket and want to save a couple bucks, use the code equity.

0:34.0

It'll save you 15% off and it'll make the show look really good internally so we love that.

0:39.0

All right, all that aside, let's do the news.

0:42.0

Next up a look at markets, and I'm just going to say this, things are a mess, so I'm sorry to once again be the bearer of bad news.

0:52.0

Unless you are an American going on holiday in the UK, in which

0:55.3

case you might be getting one hell of a deal thanks to the pound losing a huge chunk of its value

0:59.6

in recent days. More on that later. Anyways, stocks, well, they're real bad over in Asia.

1:05.0

The Korean Kospi Index fell around 3% today.

1:08.0

The Japanese Nike 225 lost nearly 2.7% and shares were lower in China as well.

1:14.8

So what's going on in Europe?

1:16.6

Well, stocks are flat to down today with some exceptions, but I will say a somewhat

1:20.8

lackluster trading day in Europe,

1:22.8

albeit the best one out there.

1:24.6

And then here in the United States,

1:26.6

we are set for another set of roughly half-point declines

1:29.4

across the major indices.

1:31.1

And even worse, SAS Cloud stocks are getting back down towards 52 week lows, which means lower

1:36.6

valuations for public software companies, which in turn will harm the value at which startups can raise,

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