Whats up and welcome again to Fairness, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
Mates, we’re nearly there: the tip of the 12 months that felt like a decade. This week, Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex put apart their 2021 fatigue and talked by means of per week full of reports – and candidly, tensions. As all the time, shout out to Grace and Chris for producing the present and making us sound an entire lot higher.
We obtained into the Lyft mafia, rubbish, and why our native truckers are giving us creator financial system vibes. Or extra particularly:
- Kenya’s Pariti raised $2.85M led by Harlem Capital to develop startup ecosystems in rising markets, proving but once more how Africa’s entrepreneurial scene is one to not miss. The empowerment development continued with TrueNorth’s $50 million fundraise to assist biz-savvy impartial truckers, and freshly-anointed unicorn AgentSync with information, as Alex reminds us, that insurtech could be very a lot alive.
- Opensea obtained a brand new CFO from Lyft, which led to IPO rumors, denial, and rumors about why there’s denial about going public. Plus, as Natasha notes, when you’re not leaving Lyft to hitch crypto, you’re leaving Lyft to hitch local weather.
- The Trump Media SPAC is a large number, as we anticipated, frankly.
- Mary Ann is all around the Higher.com saga as its comm, advertising, PR heads all submitted their resignations this week and CEO Vishal Garg issued a poorly-received apology for a way badly he effed up the mass layoffs final week — and as she hints, there’s much more to come back.
We disagreed greater than traditional this episode, which is refreshing. So cheers to extra of that subsequent 12 months, and we’ll see you again right here on Monday.
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