It’s a fintech world, and we’re just living in it

Alex Wilhelm@alex / 10:00 AM EDT•March 25, 2022

In Equity, we unpack the numbers behind the headlines, where we discuss the business of startups.

It was fun to record this week. Mary Ann and Alex joined Grace to hammer out the news of the week live with friends on Hopin.

We tackled a lot of topics without a co-host.

• Katie Haun’s new mega crypto fund and why the blockchain world seems to be so capital-hungry.
• The simply bonkers pace at which Jeeves, a fintech startup, has accreted value in successive funding rounds.
• Ramp’s latest round brought up the question of fintech versus the world and how startup commentary can at times miss the mark slightly.
• From there, we pivoted to CEO changes at Kickstarter (here) and Cityblock Health (here). The changes were a jumping-off point to the never-ending question of when startups should think about replacing their founders as CEOs.
• And we closed with a look at Forge’s neat SPAC launch and what its positive debut could mean for unicorns more generally.

Also, you can snag Mary Ann’s fintech newsletter here, which is going to launch in short order. Get hype!

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