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Additionally, the Fairness group dips its toes into patriotism

Whats up, and welcome to Fairness, TechCrunch’s enterprise capital-focused podcast the place we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. And have an excellent time.

This week Mary Ann and Natasha and Alex (together with our superb manufacturing group Grace, Chris, and Kell) took on a bevy of subjects from around the globe of startups and know-how extra broadly.

• We naturally kicked off with information that Fb intends to rebrand itself. Which we don’t suppose will do a lot to detract from its numerous crises. However the information does underscore that Fb is, the truth is, severe about writing its subsequent chapter.
• From there it was time to speak funding rounds. This week we picked Vertical Oceans and its fishy plans, Superplastic and its secure of impolite digital critters and Trendy Age and its plan to assist us all age a bit extra gracefully.
• Vibe Capital, based by Teachable’s Ankur Nagpal, is a $60 million fund for worldwide, scrappy founders. We spoke in regards to the founder to investor pipeline, and why everybody desires one another’s jobs.
• After which Alex ran us by some knowledge from the Chinese language enterprise capital market, data that was way more optimistic than we anticipated. Given, you recognize, the nation’s regulatory crackdown on know-how firms.
• We closed with quite a few main fintech rounds, together with new capital for Deel and a funding scoop on Brex, which is now formally a decacorn. Notably, Deel and Brex each raised mega-rounds simply six months after elevating mega-rounds.
• Whereas we’re in a bubble, it’s straightforward to get misplaced in the identical narrative: every thing is booming! This week’s episode was an excellent reminder of how numerous, and nuanced, this ever-lasting startup summer season actually is.