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Just Raised

Joe Sweeny, a Workweek friend

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Venture-backed startups are springing up across the globe, but how do you keep up with what’s coming next? On Just Raised, you’ll be first to hear from the founders of those newly minted companies about the companies they’re building. Hosted by Joe Sweeny, the show dives deep into a venture-led startup, discussing the product, business model and new technology. Expect experts from the world of space commercialization (Atomos Space), rivals to the Airbnb model (Casai), and companies making re ...
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Two black hip-hop and pop culture queens with quick-witted, unfiltered, and hilarious commentary and a lot of *not researched*opinions. Come hang with your girls as we discuss everything in entertainment, relationships, dating, and sex. Jokes, not Journalism. Don't take us seriously.
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This weeks chaos induced episode kicks off with the loan forgiveness news we all deserve followed by Drake’s most recent hairstyle that has Mika rethinking everything (0:00-10:05). We then discuss Olivia Wilde, Florence Pugh and all the drama surrounding the Don’t Worry Darlings set that we simply can’t get enough of before going on a long tangent …
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First, we get into the topics that we missed last week and begin with Kim and Pete’s breakup 5:54), then we get into the nonsense brought to us by a grown-ass man, 52-year-old Irv Gotti, and the situation ship long past with Ashanti (5:55-14:35) We dive into which celebrity dog we would be after discussing Dwayne The Rock Johnson’s very quick answe…
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This week your girls kick off the episode by talking about their weekend and the recent Powerball Jackpot that has everyone, including celebrities (?!) in a frenzy and the idea of people reaching ‘Billionaire’ status (0:00-11:33). We then discuss Beyoncè blessing us with the album we’ll be playing for the rest of our lives and spoiler alert: WE LOV…
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Talk That Talk segment is back y’all! We discuss whether men are emotionally attached to their male counterparts and just physically attracted to women and the TikTok trend on whether men would snitch on their friends or cheat on their girls (2:11-8:47) How dating is going for us this Summer (8:47-14:34) Should you listen to men’s words over their …
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This week’s episode is beyond chaotic and we’re honestly here for it. We start off with our thoughts on the latest baby drama surround Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson followed by a rant that includes airports, disco naps and IG captions (4:52-12:10). We then discuss the comment Orlando Brown made about Bow Wow that we’re still confused by (12…
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This week your girls discuss the absolute hilarity of the Doja Cat, Noah Schnapp, Joseph Quinn scenario. Why she is in the wrong, and how she could have played it in her favor. (00:14-7:42), Tyrese gives us a reason to keep our childhood crush on him hidden once again with a sprinkle of Kelsey's unhealthy obsession with the Fast & the Furious franc…
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Space Perspective just raised $40M to build the Disney World of space. To do it they’re using Space Balloons. NASA has been toying with space balloons since the 1970s but you may remember them from Red Bull’s halo jump — a skydive from the edge of the stratosphere. Space Perspective is betting that instead of strapping into a rocket for a 12 min tr…
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When was the last time you enjoyed your Gmail inbox? Shortwave is picking up where Gmail dropped the ball and redesigning your inbox. Find out how. Joe gets straight into conversation with Andrew about why email should be as much fun as WhatsApp, why Slack is email’s greatest threat, and the $9 million Series A they raised in 2020. You’ll also hear…
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This week your faves kick off the episode sharing stories from UberPools past in preparation of Uber starting them up again and there may or may not be special surprise for our listeners (0:00-5:05), all things Stranger Things Volume 1 and our predictions for the finale two episodes of season 4 (5:12-21:16), the Usher Tiny Desk concert we desperate…
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When your crop’s ready for harvesting, you need workers ready to go. But getting reliable, legal workers is tough and that’s where SESO is stepping up. Joe and SESO CEO Michael get into the multi-billion dollar problem facing the agricultural industry, the very messy visa entry system, and why farmers just want to farm without the hassle of backend…
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This week your girls discuss the new abortion laws put into place by SCOTUS. 0/10 stars for America (0:17-5:24), Then we bring it back to the one thing that could get us out of our depressive funk, LOVE ISLAND UK is back and better than ever (5:30-11:37), we get into a video on TikTok that would have us all hiding in a corner for over a year, leadi…
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Phil Libin has founded a few companies — Evernote the early mobile app giant, All Turtles a product design firm, and now Mmhmm, the culmination of a decade long mission to kill Powerpoint. We dive into how Phil names companies, what he learned about fundraising from raising $400M from Sequioa for Evernote, and how to build products people love. And…
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When you can tell Andrew Chen from A16z how to solve the cold start problem, you know you’re on to a good thing. Meet Swaypay, the company with all the answers. And those answers come from Kaeya Majmundar, Founder and CEO, with a $4.2 million Series A to her name. Joe and Kaeya, discuss how Swaypay is riding on TikTok’s coattails, how to capture th…
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“If you’re not paying, you’re the product”. Josh McManus is shaking financial wellness up with a membership platform helping customers gain financial freedom. The problem with most financial institutions is they just want to sell you things. Fruitful is different. CEO Josh has a clear set of goals: To offer expert advice and powerful tools through …
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When Everett Cook saw a gap in the market, he didn’t just fill it, he set the bar for the entire industry and took his VC backed company to a new level. In this fly through, Joe gets into it with Everett, talking about why digital financial services are transforming the entire fintech market, how they raised $75 million in VC funding, and how Rho a…
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Delphia is using your data to beat the stock market. Today, the stock market is about having an information edge. Hedge funds use satellite imagery of Walmart parking lots and AI that crawls Twitter to bet on a company's returns. Delphia has it's own information edge: your data. Joe and Andrew Peek, Co-Founder and CEO of Delphia, get into why users…
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Supply chains are broken. Poor communication among suppliers has the potential to affect all our lives from car safety to well stocked grocery stores. Vendia is building solutions. Tim Wagner and Shruthi Rao, Co-Founders, are, at heart, builders, and when they saw a market that needed their technical eye they jumped right in with Venida, which has …
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Ben Lamm is on a de-extinction mission and it’s no coincidence his company is backed by one of the original creators of the Jurassic Park franchise. As a serial tech entrepreneur, Ben Lamm knew his next startup was always going to have a big impact on the world. With Colossal Biosciences, he’s doing just that. Joe gets Jurassic with Ben as they dis…
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Pipedream is a delivery startup, but they’re not using bike messengers or Uber drivers, they’re using robots that will deliver you a burrito in minutes via pipes underground.Pipedream is GoPuff crossed with Elon Musk’s boring company. It’s building a hyper logistics network to delivery anything, anywhere in a city in minutes. And they’re doing it w…
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Meet the founder building a fintech business to upgrade government. Propel is building the banking app for the 42M Americans on food stamps. The US government deploys $70 billion a year into food stamps and it doesn’t have a website where users can check their balance. Propel is changing that and building a killer business at the same time. Jimmy h…
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In light of recent events, we decided to drop a fun, light-hearted episode talking about some of our favorite things. We kick things off going on a deep rant about our biggest icks and turnoffs with the men we date (1:32-18:15), our views on “big giver energy” and how we've limited this with the people in our lives (18:19-26:34), a deep discussion …
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How do you bring in the next generation of crypto users? You create your own currency. Most fintech companies are skimming from customers when it comes to saving and investing but the Eco platform is different. By making spending, saving and investing easy, without the skim, it’s turning traditional finance on its head. And it’s doing that through …
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Your girls are back this week with more stories, laughs, and opinions! This week we get into THE Jessie Williams leaked photo from the Broadway show “Take Me Out” we get into consent, the child support battle that seems never-ending, and how dicksand gets the best of us (1:08-7:38), Nick Cannon considering getting a vasectomy and nature is healing.…
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Meet the startup backed by the GitHub CEO and investment team. Graphite is growing like crazy. Taking inspiration from Discord and Twitter, this is a company offering a code review tool for engineers. Operating as an open source CLI and dashboard, the platform is for users who want to review code quickly and efficiently. Joe gets into it with Co-Fo…
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Meet the company on a mission to make teamwork the best part of work. Backed by a $14M Series A, Switchboard is one to watch. Tapping into the remote working space, Switchboard brings all the right people and tools together on the cloud to make coworking a breeze. And they’re doing it beautifully. Joe and Amir get deep in conversation, talking abou…
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Templates! Great trading strategies can get lost in a sea of spreadsheets and complicated code. Composer makes it easy for traders, with a building block system that can be endlessly customized. Even the most experienced retail investors can get frustrated with the endless amounts of coding and paperwork that comes with creating trade strategies. A…
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Kicking off Season 2 is an extraordinary guest, building way more than just a business in New York City. Mike Fraietta is creating community, art, and co-working space in this fascinating DAO. Web3 has a new home, a heart in SoHo where the Empire DAO community of entrepreneurs, startups, and developers will have ample space to create alongside arti…
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You’re faves are back with season 2 and this episode has everything!!! We obviously had to share our opinions on the Met Gala (2:10-15:58) before diving into the Dave Chapelle slap at the Hollywood Bowl (16:00-21:44), Drake once again reminding y’all to keep his sons name out of your mouth (21:47-30:28) a brief statement about Kevin Samuels (30:43-…
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Fredrik Haga couldn’t have started a crypto startup in a tougher environment, now Dune has a billion dollar valuation. Three years ago Fredrik and co-founder Mats Olsen were getting used to hearing ‘no’. Rejected by 100s of investors, they decided to go back to basics, zeroing in on creating a product people genuinely wanted and recognizing the imp…
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From a cycling chef to CEO of a fleet of EVs, meet the founder changing the face of NYC transport. When you plan on competing with the likes of Uber, you’d better bring your A-game. Revel is that extraordinary company, with a fleet of 100% electric vehicles, with their unique blue livery, and electric mopeds to hire by the hour, the company is also…
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Ag Tech! You may have seen crop spraying in movies done by biplanes or Vietnam veteran pilots. That is still how the market works today. Which is why our guest today is building a new kind of ag tech company based on crop spring drones. We dive into Adam's year in Shenzhen China building protocols-types for an automated dog feeder startup and event…
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