Schools are closing their doors, however OpenDoor isn’t

Hey there and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s endeavor capital-focused podcast(now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Today Natasha Mascarenhas, Danny Crichton and myself hosted a live taping at Disrupt for a digital reception. It was good fun, though naturally we’re eagerly anticipating bringing the live program back to the conference next year, vaccine allowing. Luckily we had Chris Gates behind the scenes tweaking the dials, Alexandra Ames fitting us into the program, and some folks to view live. What did we discuss? All of this(and some extremely, really bad jokes): The Terrific American SPAC-Off: As both Opendoor and Desktop Metal approach the general public markets on the wings of SPACs, we ask why. And why we have to keep talking about SPACs, which we do not wish to do. The public markets are hot and active, with companies like JFrog and Snowflake going public to great result. JFrog had a great IPO.

• well, including Airtable raising $185 million, ApplyBoard raised a$55 million extension, and Tonal raised$110 million, since linked physical fitness is hotter than SaaS at the minute. We also riffed on Natasha’s venture patterns ‘piece, digging into how to get to conviction in a remote-only world. As it turns out, we have notes on computer game.
• And there were two brand-new funds, consisting of one from the Chainsmokers (hot, enjoyable, fantastic)and another from Greylock( traditional, Victorian, and huge). In more major commentary, the Greylock raise continues the mega-fund age. And after that we attempted to play a game that might or may not make itinto the last cut. In any case, it was great to have Equity back at Disrupt. More to come. Hugs from us! Equity drops every Monday at 7:00 a.m. PT and Thursday
• afternoon as fast as we can get it out, so register for us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. Article curated by RJ Shara from Source. RJ Shara is a Bay Area Radio Host (Radio Jockey) who talks about the startup ecosystem – entrepreneurs, investments, policies and more on her show The Silicon Dreams. The show streams on Radio Zindagi 1170AM on Mondays from 3.30 PM to 4 PM.