Equity
The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart and No.32 for the Top 100 Business News All time chart.
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Alibaba shakes up its leadership, OpenAI lobbie...
And we're back! After a week off and an America holiday yesterday, there was much to get to. Alex is taking a look at mixed stocks around the world, Alibaba's leadership shakeup, OpenAI working to limit the impact of EU AI regulation, the late-stage market mess, and more.
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Sequoia does to itself what the Biden administr...
It was a hectic week, with little in the way of the traditional Summer Slowdown making itself known. So, here's what Alex and Mary Ann covered with some help from our dear friend Jacquie Melinek: WWDC in a nutshell, Affirm's partnering with Amazon (again), Cava's IPO, all things SEC and crypto, Sequoia's split, and how real estate can affect the climate crisis.
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Charting the future of the early-stage venture ...
This week, we had Carta CEO Henry Ward on to chat through the early-stage market with us, from the quality of startups that are raising today - and how much pain is coming for young tech companies that can't quite attract more capital - to Carta's new method of closing Seed and Series A rounds.
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Equity Monday: Revenge of the Mutual Funds
This fine Monday we are celebrating the start of June, and the fact that there are still earnings rounds for us to cover and enjoy! Here’s the show rundown: we're taking a look at stocks, which are mixed around the world while crypto stays pretty flat, Reddit’s proposed API changes, Twitter’s revenues, Canva’s valuation - slashed by a mutual fund - and WWDC.
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Okay startup names and why fintech is rebounding
Mary Ann and Alex were a busy pair this week, so much so that they tagged in Dominic-Madori Davis from the TechCrunch+ crew to help out. We're taking a look at the latest from Web Roulette, Stripe's acquisition of Okay, what Klarna's Q1 means for the fintech market, QED and a16z's early-stage strategies, and a chat through the Atlanta startup scene ahead of Dom's City Spotlight.
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SecureSave's secret weapon: Suze Orman
This week, Mary Ann hopped on the mic with number one New York Times best selling author, producer, personal finance thought leader, and host of the Women & Money podcast, Suze Orman. We’re following up on Suze’s not-so-surprising-startup debut with SecureSave, what the company’s been up to and how Suze is thinking about protecting employees in today’s economy.
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Equity Monday: AI can do everything, but can cr...
This week, crypto prices are static, unlike a particular valuation and Alex is still mad about SPACs. We're talking about muted trading volumes, Blackrock cutting its holdings in Byju's, Serve Robotics, and some data on SPACs that's driving us nuts.
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Daylight's sunset and Meta's year of focus
Mary Ann and Alex were a dynamic duo this week, and we took a look at the future of online shopping via Checkmate, why Cava's IPO won't save the IPO market, Daylight calling it quits, Anthropic's massive funding round, and layoffs, layoffs, layoffs.
31 min
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When will the paper unicorns fold?
The idea that all unicorns are in trouble is wrong; some late-stage startups got it right. Alex sat down with GGV Capital's Jeff Richards to talk through the diverging fates of late-stage startups, the unifying characteristics of these startups that are doing well, and how to note early signals that the venture climate is about to molt.
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Equity Monday: Meta and data, chips and dips, ...
Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Today, we are talking about Meta’s latest fines, what’s new in chips, and a few startup rounds that caught our eye!
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The billionaires are trying to live longer… again
This week Mary Ann, Becca, and Alex gathered to chew through the biggest news of the week. They cover Vice going bankrupt, Twitter's first acquisition with Elon Musk at the helm, what the future of venture debt could look like, and more of the week's most interesting deals.
36 min
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In a more conservative venture capital market, ...
This week, Alex spoke to two guests from the world of Microsoft for Startups - the program's GM, Hans Yang, and Senior Director, Tom Davis. We're working to figure out how big tech corporations are playing in the startup sandbox, starting with the launch of Microsoft's Pegasus program for startups.
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Equity Monday: Vice files for bankruptcy, Foxco...
Alex has your Monday kickoff with media, startup rounds and some Big Money Moves. We start things off with a look at the markets before diving into Vice's bankruptcy filing, Foxconn investing more in India, Brex's reported shot at buying part of SVB's portfolio, and startup rounds in the UK and Kenya.
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Venture-backed everything for real world proble...
Venture-backed everything for real world problems, please? This week Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex celebrated one final episode as a three. We're diving into a brace of new Mayfield funds, how Wellthy is helping caregivers feel less overwhelmed, and the slowing growth of tech companies for our deals of the week. We closed out the show with companies fighting pessimism in fintech, AI's impact on creative work, and a very Natasha topic: Accelerators.
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How do you know when it’s time to shut down?
Natasha spoke to Kristen Anderson, the co-founder and CEO of Catch, an app to provide payroll benefits for people who are self employed, that recently announced it would be shutting down. We're talking about vulnerability, shut downs, building in public and on ramps and off ramps that come with the wild choice to be an entrepreneur.
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Equity Monday: Shrinking unicorns and the embar...
Alex is back with the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Today, we are talking about meme coins, unicorns and the latest from India!
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Aaron Burr’s tech angle, blue skies, and no pho...
Wow, did we have the force of tech news with us this week. Equity has your rundown of the week starting with an update on First Republic Bank, Poparazzi's shut down, Databricks' acquisition, who's going head-to-head with Stripe, the rise of down rounds, and why BlueSky has us feeling less grey.
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The outside advantage that your investor may be...
Natasha took over TechCrunch Live with Sam Chaudhary, the founder of ClassDojo, and Chris Farmer, the founder and CEO of SignalFire to unpack what it takes to play the long game in edtech, ClassDojo's early scrappiness and tricky customer pitch, and the "outsider advantage."
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Equity Monday: Hey look, OpenAI is even richer now
Alex is back on the mic with your Monday rundown, and as usual, we had much to unpack. We're digging into OpenAI, earnings, First Republic Bank, and ARM. Oh, and startups as well!
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Is First Republic just a victim of SVB’s collapse?
This week, we're talking AI, we're talking layoffs and we're talking coffee. Natasha, Alex and Mary Ann are digging into the latest for you from copyright requests around "-GPT" to Ansa, First Republic's tanking share price, fintech venture layoffs, and earnings.
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A modern take on what an entrepreneur can, and ...
This week, Natasha interviewed Ankur Nagpal, the entrepreneur behind Teachable, Ocho, and Vibe Capital, about the future of solo GPs, how Ankur built, sold, pivoted and launched in public, and the importance of brand and succession.
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Equity Monday: Unpacking the Twitter blues
Today Alex Wilhelm is talking about Twitter Blue, Lyft, a few startup rounds, and what could kick off the next crypto supercycle.
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Early Stage 2023: IRL is B-A-C-K
This week we recorded at Early Stage, TechCrunch's event for founders who are building startups from the ground up. Alex is talking about all things Early Stage, rockets, earnings and how a certain company is cutting costs. Stay through to the end for a special cameo from TechCrunch Podcast's Darrell Etherington!
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Who captures the most value after the SaaS-acre...
Today, we’re talking about software - modern software, the stuff hosted on the cloud and the startups busy building it - with Bessemer Venture Partners' Janelle Teng. Alex and Janelle are riffing on the state of the cloud (which is also the title of Bessemer's latest data dump concerning cloud stocks), why investors are swinging back towards growth from profitability, and where VCs see AI and SaaS heading.
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Equity Monday: What's an Angry Bird worth?
Today we are talking about space, birds and startups! Alex is catching you up on the latest in the market, the launch of SpaceX's massive rocket, Rovio selling to Sega, regulation around the world, Loopin and Fleet.
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