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Hello and welcome to Equity, a podcast about startup activity, where we unpack the numbers and nuances behind the headlines.

This week Natasha Mascarenhas and Becca Szkutak took their mics to sing a duet on this week’s startup news. I laugh! But we does highlight some fun companies raising capital and talk about some venture capital themes that seem likely to be relevant throughout 2023.

Here’s what we got ourselves into:

• For our deals of the week, we talked about Artifact, the new startup from previous Instagram co-founders, Spill, a new alternative to Twitter that raised pre-seed funds, and Disclo, a startup looking to facilitate the search for people. accommodations for their disabilities at work.
• Next, we discussed the recent wave of new venture capital funds and what the timing of these announcements says about the current state of the venture capital market.
• Finally, we talked about climate tech and how the recent wave of startups in the sector is a promising sign.

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