The Latest from Alex Wilhelm
Substack takes a different tack to raise more capital
Substack is framing its crowdfund as a way for its users to buy into the platform they use. The sticky bit is price.
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried charged for allegedly bribing Chinese officials
U.S. prosecutors today filed a superseding indictment against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried alleging he bribed Chinese officials.
Q1 VC results tread water, but that’s cold comfort for SaaS unicorns
PitchBook data shows how far venture activity has fallen from year-ago totals and just how brutal the venture capital market appears for late-stage startups.
What’s Turo worth?
Turo could be the first out of the IPO gate when the public-offering window reopens.
Not all unicorns are in trouble, just a lot of them
Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the week
Why this round of tech optimism feels different
One of my most joyous technology memories concerns Project Origami. The effort from Microsoft, Intel and others launched ultra-mobile PCs, or UMPCs. The devices, akin to squeezing a full Windows machi
The layoffs will continue until (investor) morale improves
We're seeing lots of tech layoffs, but evidence suggests that they do more harm than good both for employee morale and long-term performance.
Turo just dropped its 2022 financials as its IPO hunt continues
Turo, a startup that allows consumers to rent their cars to one another, filed an update to its IPO paperwork Friday, detailing its full 2022 financial performance. The upshot? Turo has continued to g
Today’s cost-conscious business climate could give RPA a boost
One way to make your staffing cheaper is to reduce it. Another is to make it more productive. That's where robotic process automation comes in.
Not-so-fake dry powder, AI and the future of DAOs
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We had the whole gang together this week, which was fitting gi
As TikTok and Coinbase face regulators, some questions are simpler than others
While regulatory action against TikTok feels rather simple, Coinbase's case has far more gray area.
Coinbase stock drops after SEC Wells notice, a possible prelude to ‘enforcement action’
American crypto giant Coinbase received a Wells notice today from the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the wake of Coinbase’s filing regarding the Wells notice, shares of the company are o
When the tech IPO market reopens, keep an eye on HR unicorns
Let's consider potential IPOs in the HR technology market: Rippling, Gusto, Deel and Velocity Global are all on our list.
Even the hottest startup categories are not immune from the venture slowdown
How are API-first startups faring in the face of private-market headwinds and some market pessimism about the health of many startups far from their exit point?
For tech titans, AI prominence is the new measuring stick
For many tech companies, investors are applying a new valuation method that has caught our eye: AI proficiency.
As banks totter, crypto is busy racking up gains
Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is Alex and we are here to do our Monday show, a kicko
To my infinite chagrin, we’re probably not getting tech IPOs until later this year
I don't want to promise anything, but it could be just a quarter or two until we are back to hammering on S-1 filings like it's 2021 again.
Will software for CFOs create a bright spot in a battered fintech market?
The CFO stack has some investors quite excited, but the data so far describes a trend that may not be in these companies' favor.
Don’t use Sam Altman and AI hype in the same sentence
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Today, we’re celebrating Equity’s 6th birthday! Th
Bummed out from the last week? Here’s some bullish news for software companies
Amid the chaos, there are rays of good news: PagerDuty and UiPath posted impressive earnings reports, and software valuations bounced off recent lows.