The AI race, crypto doldrums, and the future of fake fish
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
Our Monday show covers the...
Accel leads $21M investment in UK care home marketplace Lottie
The U.K. care home sector was pegged as £7.7 billion market in 2021, according to most recent estimates, yet capacity is shrinking at a time when...
European Digital insurtech startup Getsafe acquires Luko’s German portfolio, reaches 550,000 customers
Getsafe, a German-based digital insurtech startup, has acquired the German portfolio of Luko, a French insurtech startup that recently neared insolvency before agreeing to be acquired...
Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi poised for US testing by end of 2023
Nearly two years after Waymo and Geely struck a deal to develop robotaxis for the U.S. market, we are seeing concrete progress in the collaboration.
According to...
Tech group calls India’s proposed guidelines against dark patterns ‘regulatory overlap’
An industry group representing several major U.S. tech companies has opposed the Indian government’s proposal against dark patterns, which are used to deceive online users, and...
How to watch NASA’s Psyche mission launch to metal asteroid
NASA will launch its latest mission, Psyche, this week. The spacecraft will visit a strange asteroid that is thought to be made almost entirely of metal,...
How to watch NASA reveal the Bennu asteroid sample
NASA is set to reveal the sample collected from the Bennu asteroid during the OSIRIS-REx mission.
The space agency will live stream the event on Wednesday. See...
Hubble observes mysterious bright explosion called The Finch
The Hubble Space Telescope recently observed something strange: an extremely bright, extremely fast flash of light that popped up in the middle of nowhere. Technically known...
How to watch two astronauts check the ISS for microbes
This week will see two astronauts perform a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) as they collect samples from the station’s exterior to use in...
Women and underrepresented founders aren’t going to wait for the VC industry to transform...
Marta Zaccagnini
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Marta Zaccagnini is senior manager at Village Capital, the largest organization in the world supporting impact-driven startups working on products for low- and middle-income communities...