Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAlphabet is clearly looking to buy, so who's selling, and why did Wiz say no?
Episode 869
This week felt like two weeks rolled into one. To kick things off, Mary Ann Azevedo walked everyone through Clio’s huge fundraise. The Canadian legal…
1 year, 8 months ago
Cracking the AI and consumer code with early Zoom-backer Maven Ventures
Episode 868
Maven Ventures General Partner Sara Deshpande has been investing in the consumer tech space for a decade.
Over time, the seed-stage venture firm has b…
1 year, 8 months ago
CrowdStrike’s fallout, where Harris stands on tech and Yandex’s rise from the ashes
Episode 867
On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan did a deep dive into the CrowdStrike outage that affected around 8.5 million Windows devices around the …
1 year, 8 months ago
Silicon Valley's impact on the election and an acquisition making our HeadSpin
Episode 866
To kick off this week's news roundup, Kirsten walked us through Elon Musk’s recent declaration of his intent to move both SpaceX and X’s headquarters…
1 year, 8 months ago
If the music stops, what startup gets a chair? Renegade Partners' co-founders are finding out
Episode 865
Renegade Partners co-founders Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek have seen it all in their careers — notably over the past four years when they laun…
1 year, 8 months ago
Google’s talks to buy Wiz, and the gap between AI spending and AI revenue
Episode 864
On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan explored Google’s reported talks to acquire Wiz, a cloud security company, for around $23 billion. Wiz p…
1 year, 8 months ago
There's always something happening to OpenAI's board
Episode 863
Mary Ann was off this week, and Kirsten took the lead with Becca Szkutak and Rebecca Bellan in the co-host seats. This episode is packed with deals, …
1 year, 8 months ago
Floodgate's Mike Maples says startups that people 'don't like' may be the best ones to back
Episode 862
Mike Maples Jr. is a prolific angel investor and co-founder of early-stage venture firm Floodgate. Over the years, he’s taken a lot of bets. Some hav…
1 year, 8 months ago
A new trend for Seed VCs, and the scariest part about OpenAI's data breach
Episode 861
On today's episode of Equity, we're taking a look at news you might've missed over the holiday weekend here in the U.S., starting with the recent Ope…
1 year, 8 months ago
Jon McNeill on VC 2.0 and creating startups in house
Episode 860
What’s the common thread between Tesla, building startups, General Motors, venture capital and Lyft?
Jon McNeill, co-founder and partner of DVx Ventu…
1 year, 8 months ago