Don’t ever leak data, but especially if you’re building this

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

This was Y Combinator week in a sense, with the well-known accelerator showing off hundreds of startups over a two-day period. We had some thoughts about that. But! There was a lot more for Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex to dig into, so we have a little something for everyone today.

Here’s the show notes, enjoy!

• First, support our sibling podcasts Found and Chain Reaction in the Webbys! They deserve it, and we’re voting for them too.
• For our Deals of the Week, we had: toptechtrends.com/2023/04/04/monument-tempest-alcohol-data-breach/?tpcc=tcplustwitter&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJnalrervsInRSgaZVsjU419RUNcXSliLYMxHJnviKNA_yVMlI6DhurjNVmXtNsMfkNgYwGFQ-TThtEoChEqs0kPBwOCEd7JQ3vhVkr-yXMo-tw1dskepMYw1yvffBbULGgfGcFAAWSUJzWehZNjpuaOWJfo8phmThXkFNCV6q0I”>Monument and Tempest shared patients’ private data with advertisers, toptechtrends.com/2023/04/03/after-two-years-of-discussions-acorns-buys-u-k-based-gohenry-a-pre-paid-card-and-finance-app-for-6-18-year-olds/”>Acorns buys GoHenry, and toptechtrends.com/2023/04/04/whats-a-fair-price-premium-for-startup-shares/”>Alex has notes on toptechtrends.com/2023/04/05/early-stage-venture-market/”>how the Q1 venture capital toptechtrends.com/2023/04/06/q1-2023-vc-performance-bad/”>market is shaping up.
• Looking for all the Y Combinator notes your heart could desire? You can find our favorites toptechtrends.com/2023/04/05/y-combinator-demo-day-favorites-part-one/”>from days one toptechtrends.com/2023/04/06/y-combinator-demo-day-2023-favorites-part-two/”>and two at those links, and read this Natasha piece on toptechtrends.com/2023/04/05/y-combinator-is-back-to-bet-on-the-bay-area/”>why the Bay is Back.
• We also took the time to discuss the term ‘demo day’ for an event where there are no, you know, demos.

• Latin America was back on the show toptechtrends.com/2023/04/03/kaszek-closes-on-975m-across-two-new-funds-to-back-latin-american-startups/”>thanks to Mary Ann, giving us a good reminder that we have not spent enough time lately looking at the region.
• We toptechtrends.com/2023/04/04/sec-charges-founder-of-financial-aid-startup-frank-with-defrauding-jpmorgan/”>closed with Frank, a frank chat that frankly had us shaking our heads. Fraud is bad, and nearly doubly so when it comes to startups, where trust plays such a critical role.

Equity will return to your ears Monday morning, cheers until then!

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