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All-news show. First, we go over PitchBook’s Q1 Venture Monitor report where VC fundraising is high, but portfolio exits are down (3:08). Then, we discuss how the incoming CNN CEO Chris Licht and Chris Sacca are both taking a Twitter break (33:35), and touch on Alex Jones' InfoWars filing for bankruptcy (44:33). Our startup of the day is new social app BeReal (53:55).
(00:00) Jason and Molly intro today’s news stories
(03:08) PitchBook and the NVCA released Q1 2022 Venture Monitor, results are staggering
(12:32) Notion - Get started for free at https://notion.com/thisweekinstartups
(13:49) Q1 US VC funds raised combined $73.8B, more than half of 2021’s total of $131.5B
(23:13) Microsoft for Startups Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups
(24:30) Investing in supercycles
(32:23) Wealthfront - Get your first $5,000 managed for free, for life at https://wealthfront.com/TWIST
(33:35) Twitter breaks
(44:33) Alex Jones’ InfoWars filed for bankruptcy
(53:55) Startup of the day: BeReal
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
FOLLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood
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By Jason Calacanis
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All-news show. First, we go over PitchBook’s Q1 Venture Monitor report where VC fundraising is high, but portfolio exits are down (3:08). Then, we discuss how the incoming CNN CEO Chris Licht and Chris Sacca are both taking a Twitter break (33:35), and touch on Alex Jones' InfoWars filing for bankruptcy (44:33). Our startup of the day is new social app BeReal (53:55).
(00:00) Jason and Molly intro today’s news stories
(03:08) PitchBook and the NVCA released Q1 2022 Venture Monitor, results are staggering
(12:32) Notion - Get started for free at https://notion.com/thisweekinstartups
(13:49) Q1 US VC funds raised combined $73.8B, more than half of 2021’s total of $131.5B
(23:13) Microsoft for Startups Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups
(24:30) Investing in supercycles
(32:23) Wealthfront - Get your first $5,000 managed for free, for life at https://wealthfront.com/TWIST
(33:35) Twitter breaks
(44:33) Alex Jones’ InfoWars filed for bankruptcy
(53:55) Startup of the day: BeReal
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
FOLLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood
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