2021 in tech – TechCrunch

Hi there and welcome again to Fairness, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

It’s nearly Christmas, which implies chances are you’ll be caught with household for the time being. No matter what, if any, holidays chances are you’ll have a good time, there’s good likelihood that there are extra folks round you than regular. We’re right here to distract you from that.

To make sure that you get respite from Precise Human Interplay, the Fairness crew has ready a look-back on the yr. Huge numbers? Verify. Huge themes? You recognize it. Huge moments of ‘wait, that occurred this yr?!’ Properly, we’d have it no different manner.

Right here’s what we’ve in retailer for you:

• Excessive-level enterprise capital stats from the yr, from all over the world together with India, Latin America, and the US.
• The rise of memes and cash: Bear in mind the Gamestop/stonk saga? That was this yr, amazingly. So too was the Robinhood IPO, the Coinbase direct itemizing, and a number of different associated tales. Positive, by the top of the yr we had moved on to different items of key information, however don’t overlook how wild the beginning of 2021 was from a buying and selling perspective.
• The crypto increase: Find it irresistible or hate it, crypto was one of many key startup themes this yr. Capital raced into NFT marketplaces, crypto infra initiatives, new blockchains, and extra. It was a gold rush, however all of the gold was digital.
• A altering creator financial system: We had little selection however to speak speaking, to talk chatting, to yammer about yammering. Sure, we riffed on the rise and fall of Clubhouse, and the bigger live-audio market. Podcasts, movies, and the creator financial system as a complete have been fairly huge narratives this yr, so we talked by what went down.
• We additionally touched on distant work, fintech, insurtech errors, media startups, and a grip of subjects that you just, the Fairness household, despatched in by way of Twitter.

Did we get to every part? Heck no. We didn’t even get shut. However that’s as a result of 2021 was a busy rattling yr. It began busy and by no means slowed down. What can we anticipate in 2022? Properly, simply await subsequent week’s episode!