Significant Funding Activity in Fintech and Delivery Sectors

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You can follow the show on Twitter here and myself here — and make sure to check out our Friday show that featured the Square-Tidal deal, some recent IPOs, and some super-neat rounds.

Much like today's show, if I am being honest. Here's the rundown:

• Coursera filed to go public, which could help set the tone for edtech founders and startups regarding their own valuations and fundraising prospects.
• Bay Area startups did not leave.
• And the world of AI venture-capital funding shows that while there's plenty of capital, the number of startups being founded in the space is dipping.
• Starling raised a huge new round in the fintech space, and Deliveroo dropped some financial numbers on its path to going public in short-order.
• Postscript raised $35 million for its Shopify-SMS service; Praava Health raised $10.6 million to bring better healthcare to Bangladesh.

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