BREAKDOWN: How Excess Capital and Low Interest Rates Reshaped Silicon Valley, Feat. Chris McCann

A conversation with a VC about changes in fintech, crypto and how public market trends shape the startup scene.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

Everyone turns bullish as S&P 500 nears all-time highsEmerging market currencies are floundering Bitcoin holding sentiment highest in two years

Our main conversation features Race Capital’s Chris McCann.

Chris was previously the founder of Startup Digest, building it to 1 million subscriptions long before email newsletters were a thing. He spent four years building the community program at Greylock before launching his own venture firm. 

In this conversation, Chris and NLW discuss:

The relationship between monetary policy and startup financeWhat changes in startup financing have followed COVID-19What the emerging fintech stack looks like, outside of crypto

Find our guest online:

Website: Race Capital 

Twitter: @mccannatron

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