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20VC: Scale's $14.8BN Acquisition: Is Scale a Dead Man Walking / What Did Meta Buy | Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever | Ramp Hits $16BN Diluting Only 1% | Salesforce, Slack and Dropbox Falling Behind: Are Incumbents Losing Ground
Agenda:
00:00 – Meta's $14.8B Deal for Scale: The Analysis
05:40 – Will Scale Lose Their $800M ARR? Will All Customers Leave?
13:00 – Who is the Winner from All Scale Customers Leaving?
21:30 – Who Made the Most Money From Scale?
24:00 – LPs Just Got $14B Back. Are They Reinvesting?
26:45 – Chime IPO: The Breakdown
29:20 – Ramp Hits $16B Valuation: Are We Back in 2021?
31:10 – Ramp vs Brex vs Mercury: Who's the Real Winner?
34:00 – Gusto Going Public with $900M in ARR???
36:40 – Dropbox vs Glean: Can the Old Guard Survive the AI Wave?
38:50 – Is Slack Dead as a Platform? Salesforce Shutdown…
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