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Equity Live: A short note about the ongoing situation in Ukraine

TechCrunch

Hello friends, and welcome back to Equity, your podcast about the business of startups where we try our best to unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines with you. TechCrunch has some notes on the situation for the tech world in Ukraine, which is worth a read. Obviously, the world’s condition has changed since.

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Ukraine, Estonia, Chile, Finland: The saga of four accelerators

The Next Web

If you search Google News for something like “new startup accelerator,” it will return hundreds of headlines from all over the world. It’s hard to get the exact data on how many startup acceleration programs are being launched every year, but it’s definitely a lot.

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Thanks to Amazon, One Medical and Whole Foods are on the same dang shelf

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. — and a few stories that touch on the Ukraine situation, including a huge Russian fine of Google, Preply’s latest funding round , and how solar power can combat fascism.

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Stop sensationalizing the ‘collapse’ of VC: Look at the data

TechCrunch

lockdowns and Russia’s war on Ukraine placed further pressure on an already strained global supply chain. Headlines are highlighting the fact that deal values have plunged to their lowest in six quarters or that quarter-on-quarter or year-on-year growth is down significantly. Focusing on a narrow slice of the VC pie.

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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

When a crisis occurs—whether it’s the war in Ukraine or the COVID-19 pandemic—people seek up-to-date information. We also made the data publicly available through special issue pages about the war in Ukraine and coronavirus , where users can access the data, alongside news stories and additional resources. .

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Equity Monday: Tensions go up, stocks go down

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. In fact, the opposite: Russian military aggression in Ukraine is hammering the global stock market, although not everywhere , it’s worth noting. SoFi is buying Technisys for $1.1 billion.

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Daily Crunch: Drone service Wing completes 200K commercial deliveries, partners with supermarket chain

TechCrunch

But today we have notes on what tech companies are doing in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Tech limits Russian government’s reach : The war in Ukraine is far from over, but the ability of the Russian state to push its own narrative is rapidly fading. See you there! The TechCrunch Top 3. Startups/VC.

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