A $60M venture fund with a twist, and more startup-on-startup acquisitions
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Today on Equity’s startup-focused Wednesday show, we dug into the Multiverse's acquisition of Searchlight, a deal that reminded us of the Wonderschool-Early Day transaction that we covered on the show a few weeks back. We also dug into the latest Guesty round, which was both large and interesting from a financial perspective, the Monad Labs transaction that led us to try and explain the difference between L1 and L2 blockchains, and Cyera’s recent megaround. Stick with us through the end to hear about a new venture capital fund targeting growth-rounds in Africa!
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