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Equity

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Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Business, Technology

4.2 • 372 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Mary Ann and Alex were joined by Kirsten once again to parse the week’s news and call out the biggest stories in startups and venture: California passed a law that will require venture firms to disclose certain market data concerning whom they are investing in. Some investors and venture groups are opposed to the law. ALIAVIA Ventures has put together a new fund to invest in women building tech companies in Australia and the United States, with a focus on helping Aussie companies reach the American market. Canopy Servicing raised a $15.2 million Series A1. Alex caught up with the company, hoping to learn what it took to raise a fintech round in 2023. Things have changed since the go-go days of 2021 when every round felt like a fintech round and every fintech round felt like a pre-IPO deal. And rounding out our deals of the week, Kirsten brought a fascinating $200 million deal between a private equity group and EVPassport. If the world is going to move more toward electric cars, then we’re going to need more plugs in more places. From there, we worked to draw a connective line between the startup turbulence we’ve seen recently, with Braid shutting down, Shift and IronNet going under, and Blue Apron selling for a fraction of its former value. And to close, can technology solve a labor shortage in construction? And if so, what role will startups play in that work? We had a great chat with the CEO of Medium earlier this week, and have a packed agenda for you including another interview that we’re excited about. More soon! For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. Equity drops at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders 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, a podcast about the business of startups where we
0:15.3	unpacked in numbers and the nuance behind the headlines. Today is Friday,
0:19.2	October 13th, 2023 and I'm Alex and I'm joined today as always by my dear friend
0:24.6	and senior tech-wench reporter,
0:26.0	Mary Ann Azavito.
0:27.2	Mary Ann, hello, how are you?
0:28.8	Hey Alex, how are you?
0:30.7	You know, you ever have one of those weeks when you have like a lot of tasks but not a lot of time and
0:37.4	You finish each day a little bit further behind that's been my work week.
0:40.6	Oh, sorry. I know that sucks. I hope it ends on a better note.
0:44.0	It may or may not, but the good news is for this show we will not be overwhelmed because we have our third wheel here.
0:49.0	Sorry, that sounded really dismissive.
0:52.0	Kirsten's here, everybody. We're very excited. How are you. Kirsten's here everybody.
0:53.0	We're very excited.
0:53.6	How are you, Kirsten?
0:54.6	Oh, thank you for the dismissive,
0:56.0	but transportation-related pun, so it's accepted.
1:00.0	All treated as a compliment and not as an insult.
1:03.8	It was meant to be a compliment, but then halfway through saying it,
1:06.2	I realize that third wheel does have a pejorative aspect to it.
1:09.2	I meant that you complete our trike.
1:11.6	Well, I'm happy to be back on the trike and I actually just
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