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Equity

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🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our morning coffee chat with you that is all about the weekend, what to expect this week, and some funding rounds you may have missed. I'm subbing in for Alex Wilhelm today, who is deservedly out on vacation. You can find me on Twitter @nmasc_, and Equity on Twitter (turn on those notifications!) @equitypod. Biden and world leaders are congregating at the NATO summit, which kicks off this week. Also, the Dublin Tech Summit is happening on Thursday with yours truly, other TC folks, and many entrepreneurs making a virtual appearance. Now, onto the news! The weekend: The seat next to Jeff Bezos as he launches into space just got filled for $28 million. Also, Elon Musk tweeted about how Tesla might start accepting Bitcoin as a payment once at least half of it can be mined using clean energy. The comment sent Bitcoin up more than a few percentage points, hovering at $39,173 at the time of the recording. This morning: The FT reports that Flagship Pioneering, which is responsible for incubating and launching Moderna, has raised a new venture capital fund at $3.4 billion. Flagship isn't your traditional VC. It forms teams around problem areas and brainstorms solutions, incubates the most promising ones, and then eventually spins out and finances those companies. Funding rounds: Byju's got a check from UBS and Zoom founder Eric Yuan, making it the most valuable startup in India. The company is now valued at $16.5 billion post-money. Plus, The Pill Club has raised an extension Series B round with former Uber exec Liz Meyerdirk newly at the helm of the company. Finally, please take the Equity Listener Survey. We want to make the show better for you, so spending a few seconds filling out our survey and we will be very grateful. And that's all. Be kind with yourself this week, and take more than a 5-minute lunch because true glamour is being present and chewing slowly. 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	Hey everybody this is Alex this is Natasha and we are back with our equity
0:05.4	listener survey this is the second time we are doing this we are incredibly hyped so we
0:09.9	want to do another temperature check because we have gotten a ton of new listeners thank you and our loyal
0:14.6	listeners we always want to make sure we are doing our best work for you.
0:18.4	So if you want to take the survey it's just a couple of clicks it's really really quick there is a link pinned to the top of the EquityPod Twitter account.
0:25.8	There is a post over on Techrunch.com.
0:28.0	If you're looking just my author, page, if you want,
0:30.4	and essentially just fill it out and will make the show better it's pretty
0:33.7	one to one and to sweeten the deal for those who like surprises if you complete
0:38.0	the survey you will be entered to win an equity gift basket the basket is a
0:42.4	mystery to you and to us right now, but the things you might possibly win would be
0:47.1	Tech Crunch socks disrupt tickets. Tickets to our first live stream recording of the show. We're also offering a time share with our
0:53.1	Webby Award a Danny Crichton transition carved into a single block of
0:56.9	aluminium and if we nag people enough maybe maybe I can't promise this, an Equity T-shirt.
1:03.4	We are still on our crusade for merch after all these years.
1:07.0	But please fill out the survey.
1:08.1	It makes us super smart and super happy.
1:09.8	And so we appreciate it and we appreciate you.
1:11.8	And with that, let's do a show. Good morning and welcome to Eppley Monday's episode where we catch up on the news and as
1:30.0	always explore the numbers behind the headlines. I'm Natasha
1:34.2	Masquerainis and as you may have heard this is not Alex Wilhelm because he is
1:39.1	out on vacation. Alex I hope you are not listening and everyone else turn that volume up because we have a lot to get through today.
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