Hello and welcome Equity, a startup business podcast where we unpack the numbers and nuances behind the headlines. This is Friday’s episode, where we dig into the week’s most critical stories and discuss new and emerging topics.
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This week we had Mary Ann, Becca and Alex on board. Becca is of course one of the two hosts of TechCrunch’s Found podcast, which talks to founders about how they built what they did and how they did it!
Today for the equity, however, here’s what we got:
- Offers of the week: Mary Ann wanted to talk about Onyx, a startup bank targeting early to mid-career affluent adults. It’s pivoting towards B2B and it’s not, despite what the internet said, dead. Alex wanted to discuss Montauk Climate, a climate incubator created by Casper’s former co-founder and the recent Marc Lore/Wonder deal. The weather is not good, in case you missed the news. So projects like this are welcome. And Becca brought the Ethos Fund to the table, allowing us to discuss cross-border investing.
- Saudi Arabia’s upcoming AI push: What has a lot of capital and is ready to put it into AI investments? Certainly, your local business scene but also the government of Saudi Arabia. Notable venture capital funds have flown to the Middle Eastern state to raise capital, but perhaps capital will come for them in the future.
- How some VCs are holding back an IPO rush: A recent Becca survey revealed an interesting finding, namely that late-stage founders may not be to blame for their companies not going public. Their supporters may actually be the ones keeping the door closed.
- Oh, and Reddit started trading during the taping reception and it’s doing well!
We’ll be back Monday with more! Chat then!
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