New alchemy turns gold into crypto – TechCrunch

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Witches, bats, squeaky cauldrons and blockchain

Hello and welcome to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we break down the numbers behind the headlines. And have a good time.

This week, Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex (along with our amazing production team Grace, Chris and Kell) covered a multitude of public and private market topics. In our wheelhouse this week:

An IPO Rush: Sure, IPOs still don’t keep track of unicorn births, but the current pace of public offerings keeps us talking. Paytm is coming. Sweetgreen too. NerdWallet and Backblaze to boot. It’s the crowd! Alchemy has raised $ 250 million for his blockchain-infra work, reminding us that a16z has all its eggs in one old crypto basket. Heart to Heart raised $ 0.75 million for audio-focused dating. And even though we are not the target clientele, we were enthusiastic about the founder and his big bet on intention. Built by a student, Tasseled wants to help college students get their lives and credits together. Learn more about Sequoia’s big business model overhaul, from our comments earlier in the week. We’re digging into release schedules and other potential impacts of the change. And we got to riff on the startup boom in the Midwest, which is a region dear to Alex’s heart. And it turns out Denver is not a city in the Midwest.

While we are sad that Danny is leaving, it is also uplifting to have our new crew in place for 2022. Expect more fairness than ever before.

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