Howdy and welcome again to Fairness, a podcast concerning the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

This week, Natasha Mascarenhas, Mary Ann Azevedo and Rebecca Szkutak bought on the mic to speak startups, pet peeves and focaccia. What else did you count on?

Right here’s what we bought into:

• Descope landed a $53 million (!) seed spherical, a Phenomenal new enterprise fund and a neobank out to make credit score extra accessible to younger individuals in Mexico.
• Then we pivoted to speak about purchase now, pay later (BNPL), which included some chatter about Affirm’s current woes and which areas of BNPL that do appear to be rising regardless of questions round whether or not that is the tip of the BNPL growth as we all know it.
• Tech layoffs are as widespread as ever so we talked about what recommendation some VCs have for these laid off staff contemplating launching their very own startups, and what we considered that recommendation.
• Lastly, we ended with a leap over the pond to speak about EU’s tech scene. Largely about the truth that it’s way more put collectively than the U.S., and all that jazz.

With that, we’ll be skipping the upcoming week’s Fairness Monday as a result of vacation and again with extra on Wednesday, led by Becca!

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