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Hi and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s endeavor capital-focused podcast, where we unload the numbers behind the headings. Natashaand Dannyand Alexand Grace were all here to talk through the week’s most significant tech happenings. News was right back up to a dull roar today, so we did our finest to develop and cut and just bring you the most crucial things.

Here’s the rundown:

• David Dobrik stepped down from Dispo, the photo-sharing app he co-created, this previous week after accusations came out about him. We discussed the venture capital angle, considering that early-stage financiers in the app reactively distanced from their investments. Could this set precedent or have a chilling impact on celebrity-startups!
• .?. !? Robinhood submitted privately to go public!.?.!! So, it’s occurring everybody. At long last, among Silicon Valley’s most popular business is beginning its IPO process. We’re hype, you’re buzz, and we had some jokes.
• And in other mega-unicorn news, it appears that Microsoft is lured to stick down $10 billion for Discord. Why, you ask? Well why not. It’s just $10 billion from Microsoft’s $1,780 billion appraisal. Or around half a percent.
• Sticking to the $10 billion-and-greater classification, Plaid could be raising $600 million at a valuation of $10 billion to $15 billion. That’s a lot of cash. Danny, however, has some doubts.
• Also, Plaid has announced the inaugural friend of its FinRise accelerator, a program focused on helping fintech startups led by underrepresented creators.
• And after that there were a few rounds to talk about. Namely the intensely intriguing Bevy deal, and Ro raising $500 million at a $5 billionevaluation.
• And to wrap, Natasha and Alex shared their favs from TechCrunch’s massive Y Combinator demonstration day coverage. Which you can read here, and here.

Let’s all get some rest!

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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.