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Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann jumped on the mic, with Theresa working manufacturing, to speak by way of the most important headlines from the week!
- Offers of the Week! This time ’spherical we had Polywork raising $28 million, Block Party raising $4.8 million, and Remofirst and its own recent fundraise. Naturally we needed to depart 234 offers on the chopping room flooring, however these had been those we couldn’t wait to talk extra about. Additionally, don’t Polywork, Block Celebration and Remofirst sound like enjoyable folks to get dinner with? Simply us?
- Insurtech goes Area of interest: From there it was time to riff on a series of stories from Mary Ann, centered on specialised insurtech corporations, and the very fact that Pie just proved that it is still possible to raise nine-figures as an insurance-focused startup.
- The Nice Supply Wars: Subsequent up was Information From Instacart, together with the truth that its IPO is still underway, and that it’s busy launching products because it meanders in the direction of the general public markets. It seems as effectively {that a} bunch of corporations would love greater than a slice of its enterprise. Doordash, for one.
- Layoffs and extra: After which layoffs. Layoffs at Metafy, layoffs at Sundae, and layoffs at Ola. We, nonetheless, discovered a silver lining and ran with that.
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