Contrarian bets in a downturn – Nob6

Hiya and welcome again to Equity, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

Alex and Grace are again to cowl the largest, boldest and baddest know-how information. We’re again on Tuesday, as the US was off yesterday. So a day late, however hopefully not a greenback brief, right here’s what we acquired into as we speak:

• Shares are blended world wide, and set to fall in the US on the open. On the identical time, the crypto market has been considerably relaxed within the final day.
• Sequoia Capital China is elevating $9 billion, an enormous amount of cash at a time during which we’ve seen venture capital activity in China slow.
• Talking of slowing enterprise capital, Indian activity is falling. That deceleration comes because the country’s crypto market is under pressure.
• On the identical time, Twitter is pushing again towards the Indian authorities bullying, which is sweet. However possibly much less good for Elon Musk, who’s shopping for the social community, and desires to promote imported vehicles within the nation.
• Closing out, we touched on a potential database breach in China, struggles at Vauld, a brand new climatetech fund, and information from the quantum entrance.

All that and we had fun! We’re again tomorrow morning, and Friday morning!