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Equity

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🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. While the crew recovers from an incredible week in SF for TechCrunch Disrupt, we dug through the archives for a conversation you may have missed. Natasha was joined by TC+ reporter Rebecca Szkutak to wade through the news of the week. It was frantic, it was full, and forgettable it was not! Here's what we got into: Quick note from Becca on Neumann's return and if follow-on funding will be a possibility for Flow -- given some investors reactions. Our two deals of the week include an innovative step for hearing aid startups and a new take on international money transfer. For hearing loss tech, a new FDA ruling allows hearing aids to be sold over the counter. We dove in to how this regulatory change helps open the door for startups to innovate in the category. Speaking of regulatory pains, we spoke about how employee-benefits startups might escape cost cuts as companies seek to retain talent. Don't know about you but I'd prefer to lose free food over mental health support. We ended with notes on two geographies. Looking at the Midwest, we talked about how LPs aren't backing funds in the region this year despite many VCs considering it to be one of the safer areas to invest right now. Comparing the Southeast and Midwest, we spoke about how lower valuations are helping fuel both regions to have a good year. And that's all for now. We'll catch you next week, and in the meantime if you're feeling up to it, consider leaving us a great rating on Apple Podcasts. It goes a long way. Equity drops every Monday at 7 a.m. PDT and Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. PDT, so subscribe to us onApple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify a_nd all the casts._ 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 Equity Family, it's Alex. This is me coming with my disrupt kind of destroyed voice. I hope this is actually okay, but listen we ran out of time this week. We had a killer time. We did a live show that was packed. We had a blast, we met everybody.
0:22.8	Pretty much everybody was there.
0:23.8	It was lovely, but we actually ran out of time.
0:26.4	So we didn't get to cut a new episode for you today.
0:29.2	So what we did was we took Theresa and we said Theresa,
0:31.6	go back in the archives, find something lovely
0:33.6	that people should hear and may have missed the first time around
0:36.1	and we'll run that on Friday and I will talk on the top of it.
0:38.4	So here I am talking and now we have an episode for you.
0:41.2	This is Natasha Tasha and
0:42.6	talking about startups and I think layoffs. So sit back, enjoy,
0:46.4	and equity will be back sometime early next week as soon as we all have
0:49.4	our gear plugged in and our heads back on our shoulders. Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we
1:01.3	unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
1:03.7	I'm Natasha Masquerainis and joining me is Rebecca Skutak, senior writer covering venture,
1:08.3	capital and startups. It is so exciting to have you back on the show, Becca.
1:11.6	No, excited to be back.
1:13.0	Thanks for having me.
1:13.8	I feel like everyone's heard enough of me this week,
1:15.4	so I'm extra grateful for you.
1:17.4	Miriam and Alex are out, but this is going to be fun,
1:19.6	because we're both kind of in a similar world,
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