[NEWS] Startups Weekly: The unicorn from down under, an Uber TV show and All Raise’s expansion – Loganspace

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[NEWS] Startups Weekly: The unicorn from down under, an Uber TV show and All Raise’s expansion – Loganspace


Hi there and welcome lend a hand to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s grand news pertaining to startups and enterprise capital. Earlier than I soar into recently’s subject, let’s rep moderately. Closing week, I wrote aboutRevel, a contemporary graduate of Y Combinator that’s raised a limited seed round.

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What came about this week?

Uberthe TV expose

Is someone taken aback Mike Isaac’s “Substantial Pumped” is made up our minds to change into a TV expose?Travis Kalanick’sinfamous gallop to CEO of Uber and subsequent ouster used to be made for television. This week, news broke that Showtime’s Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the creators and showrunners of “Billions,” would fabricate the venture, with Isaac himself on board to executive fabricate. I will be observing.

All Elevate growth

All Elevate, an 18-month-broken-down nonprofit group that seeks to compose greater the voices of and enhance ladies in tech, announced novel chapters in Los Angeles and Boston this week.I spoke with leaders of the groupabout growth plans, novel hires, product launches and more. “Women folk are hungry for the enhance and steering we present. I reflect the chase is correct gathering momentum,” All Elevate CEO Pam Kostka told me.

VCThe unicorn from down beneath

You’ve maybe heard of Canva by now. The Australian tech firm, which has developed a simplified graphic form application, is value a whopping $3.2 billion as of this week. Patrons in the firm consist of Bond,Classic Catalyst,Bessemer Project Partners, Blackbird and Sequoia China. Alongside a novel $85 million funding, Canva is additionally making its foray into enterprise with the beginning of Canva for Project. Study thathere.


What else?

  1. The Station, TechCrunch’s Kirsten Korosec’s novel weekly newsletter, has formally launched. She goes deep a week on all things mobility and transportation. Which that you just can perchance maybe maybe also read her first onehereand subscribehere.
  2. ‘Cloud kitchens’ is an oxymoron, says TechCrunch editor Danny Crichton. Hepennedan entertaining piece this week, arguing cloud kitchens are correct adding more competition to 1 of the most competitive industries on the planet, and that isn’t a path to leverage.
  3. NASA made historythis week when astronauts Christina H. Koch and Jessica Meir took section in the first-ever spacewalk in the agency’s history featuring handiest ladies. No, this isn’t startup-connected nonetheless it’s aloof rattling chilly. Gaze the videohere.
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NASA astronauts Christina H. Koch and Jessica Meir


VC deals


Startup spotlight:Petalfox. I stumbled on the business earlier this week. On the overall, it’s a sizable easy means to portray vegetation, espresso and others goods by strategy of SMS. I’m attempting it out. That’s all.


Equity

This week used to be in reality a contend with. We hadmyself in the studio along with Alex Wilhelm and a so much of guest, Sarah Guo from Greylock Partners, a enterprise agency (obviously). Guo has the admire of having the most convenient-ever fun fact on the expose. We kicked off with Grammarly,a firm that recently achieve $90 million into its accounts. Then chatted about Lattice, Tempest, WeWork, SaaS, the means forward for valuations in Silicon Valley and more while you would imagine it. Listenhere.

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Equity drops every Friday at 6:00 am PT, so subscribe to us on iTunesOvercast and the overall casts.

Equity drops every Friday at 6:00 am PT, so subscribe to us on iTunesOvercast and the overall casts.

Equity drops every Friday at 6:00 am PT, so subscribe to us on iTunesOvercast and the overall casts.

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