Hey and welcome again to Fairness, TechCrunch’s enterprise capital-focused podcast, the place we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace had been all right here to talk by way of the week’s largest tech happenings. This week felt oddly comforting from a tech information perspective: Fb is copying one thing, early-stage startup knowledge is flawed sufficient to speak about and candy DoorDash is shopping for robots for undisclosed sums.
So, right here’s a rundown of the tech information we received into (as all the time, jokes aren’t previewed so that you’ll must hearken to the precise present to get our critique and Award Profitable Evaluation*):
- Ethena elevating $2 million extra for company coaching that’s not terrible, and Zeta elevating $1.5 million for {couples}’ banking. Natasha has been killing the early-stage beat currently.
- How seed knowledge might be getting more durable and more durable to parse from Alex’s desk, and why VC knowledge on the whole is dicey, from Danny’s. We focus on if directional knowledge is helpful, and why the restricted numbers may have a cultural affect on sign.
- Reddit raises $250 million, however doesn’t inform us who the traders are and what the cash is exactly going to. Nonetheless, the corporate has had fairly a yr to date, so the capital comes at an attention-grabbing time.
- Justo, an internet grocery based mostly in Mexico, raises $65 million because the pandemic continues to shake up the best way we dwell and store.
- DoorDash buys a salad robotic, which brings Natasha nostalgia and Danny anger.
- The inverted SoftBank J-Curve thesis is a must-listen and browse.
- And from the world of relationship, a massive M&A deal that caught our consideration, and the most recent from the Bumble IPO.
In excellent news, long-time Fairness producer Chris Gates is again beginning subsequent week, which implies we’ll have our largest crew ever serving to get the present put collectively. And, in different excellent news, there’s going to be extra Fairness than ever so that you can hear. Coming quickly.
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*OK, so not award-winning but. However quickly sufficient, as a result of manifestation works.
