This Week in Startups

Twitter deal updates, Poshmark acquired, Liquid Death's $700M valuation & more | E1577


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First J+M say as much as they can about the Twitter news (2:03), before breaking down Poshmark being acquired by Naver (6:38). Then, they break down Liquid Death's $700M valuation (34:05) and Selena Gomez raising at a $100M valuation for her pre-revenue mental health startup. (46:05)

(0:00) J+M tee up today's topics!

(2:03) Elon Musk proposes closing the Twitter deal at the agreed-upon price of $54.20/share

(6:38) Poshmark acquired by Naver

(15:50) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist 

(17:06) The booming "circular economy" space, Naver's acquisition thesis, "Goodwill Finds", Google's circular economy program

(26:54) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST

(28:17) Jason's ideas for a circular economy startup

(34:05) Liquid Death raises $70M at a $700M valuation, on pace for ~$130M revenue in 2022

(38:43) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist

(40:06) Importance of branding and packaging in CPG

(46:05) Selena Gomez raises $5M at a $100M valuation from Serena Williams VC firm for her startup Wondermind, mental health startup space

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