Do the celebrities help the startups or do the startups help the celebrities?

Hello and welcome back to

Equity

, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!

), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

What a week, yeah? Instead of the news cycle slowing as the year races to a close, things are still as hot as ever. We have funding rounds big and small, IPOs, first-day extravaganza and more.

Luckily we had the whole crew around —

Chris

and Danny

and Natasha

and I

. Here’s the rundown:

• Career Karma raised $10 million

  , and we have thoughts and concerns.

• Skyflow raised $17.5 million

  in an effort to try to get the Equity team to understand the nuances of different encryption types.

• Calm raised $75 million

  , which felt pretty reasonable given reports and its fundraising history.

• Squire tripled its valuation

  in a new round that included $45 million in equity capital along with some debt.’

• We also talked about the DoorDash and C3.ai IPO pops

  , where Airbnb priced

  , and who is coming next

• And we rounded off with what’s up with TikTok stars investing in tech startups. Danny was not a fan.

And that’s that! If you aren’t tired, have you even been paying attention?

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