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VC React Podcast - Silicon Valley:Every week, we bring you insights and reactions from top VCs, LPs, & Angel Investors, reacting to the latest news on Silicon Valley startups, funds, and investment rounds. ---Hosts: Ahmad Takatkah, VCpreneur. Sign up to VCpreneur Newsletter on https://www.vcpreneur.com/Jamie Lane, FWDstart. Sign up to FWDstart Newsletter on https://archives.fwdstart.me/ ---Available on:Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@VCReactPodcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4O6gOT7eoMxf5M7qy3HVMpApple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vc-react-podcast/id1764834384---Guests:1. Brian Belley, from KingsCrowd Capital- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbelley/- Company Website: https://kingscrowd.com/2. Jenny Barba, Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Features Capital- LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennybarba/- Company Website: https://featuresvc.co/---#siliconvalley # mena #startups #vc #lp #tech #investments #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #venturedebt #privateequity #finance #business #ipo #acquisitions #limitedpartners #accelerator #saas #data #software #deeptech #ai #fintech #edtech #cvc #web3 #crypto #blockchain #defi #impact #sanfrancisco #sanjose #boston #seattle #austin #nyc #riyadh #dubai #amman #cairo #qatar ---News of the week brought to you by FWDstart.This Week On The VC React Podcast:- Paramount has gone full hostile with an all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, trying to blow up Netflix’s agreed deal. “Is this just old-school media consolidation, or a panic move in an AI era where if you don’t control the biggest IP libraries, AI-generated content ends up owning the audience instead of you? - Kalshi just doubled its valuation in less than two months, and raised $1B at an $11B valuation as regulated prediction markets go fully mainstream. Does this feel like a new core asset class being born, or just a fancy, regulated gambling with great PR?- SpaceX: an $800B secondary sale, talk of a $1.5 trillion IPO, and employees lining up to sell $2B worth of shares! Is this the rational pricing of the most important company of our time, or exactly how bubbles look on the way up?
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