Thanks to Amazon, One Medical and Whole Foods are on the same dang shelf

We unpack the numbers and nuances behind the headlines on the Equity show.

As we were getting ready to record this week's show, news broke as we were getting together with Grace. We had to talk about the huge Amazon- One Medical deal. We all had thought.

We got into other things. There is the following.

• Crunchbase raised $50 million! Yes, our former employer has raised a new, large round that had us all thinking about its health, our history thereof, and our love for its news team and other parts of the company we remember fondly.
• Just what is Arkive building, and are we in favor of its work to build a sort of NFT-powered, decentralized IRL library. There is a DAO involved as well.
• ForSight is building eye-surgery robots, just raised a stack itself, and we are hype about it. It reinforces a key learning from Natasha’s recent robotics panel, which was part bullish, part bearish. 
• From there, it was time to talk the bevy of new venture funds that came out, the end of Modsy — or is it? — and a few stories that touch on the Ukraine situation, including a huge Russian fine of Google, Preply’s latest funding round, and how solar power can combat fascism.

OK, don’t fear: The long shots are still getting venture funding

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