Hello and welcome back to Equity, the Tech Runge Podcast, where we unpack the numbers and the

nuance behind the headlines.

This is Alex and today is May 8th, 2024.

Welcome back my friends to our Wednesday show, where we dig into the critical startup

and venture capital stories from the week thus far.

Before we get into the show rundown, though, a note, I woke up with a very sore throat this morning,

which happens when you have a small child, but if I sound lethargic or cranky, I'm not, I am merely in pain,

so no worry is there there all is well on the show this morning we have

good news for the world of crypto venture capital then a big deal in the world of

cyber security a couple of one billion dollar funding rounds, the latest from

Monzo, and then to wrap us up a new segment, Pitch Deck Teardown hosted by our very own

High Comps.

All right, let's go.

Starting off with some good news this morning,

the pace at which venture capitalists are putting money

into startups in the crypto world is picking up.

So after rising from a multi-year low of $1.2 billion back in Q4 of 2023,

crypto startup fundraising bounced back to $1.7 billion in the first quarter.

And crunch-based data indicates that the sector could do even better in the second quarter.

That is underscored by a recent report from Coin Market Cap.

They say that in April, crypto startups raised $102 billion dollars across 161 investment rounds. Now that was actually a little

bit down from what was seen in March when 1.09 billion dollars was raised by the same cohort of startups.

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