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Jessica Mathews is a former senior writer for Fortune, where she covered transportation, defense tech, and Elon Musk’s companies. Previously, she wrote the daily dealmaking newsletter Term Sheet, where she won an EPPY award for best business/finance blog. Before joining Fortune, she covered wealth management and custody as a reporter at Financial Planning magazine. Jessica was a 2018 Dow Jones News Fund intern, and she interned at CNBC in 2017. She is a graduate from The King’s College in New York City. Originally from Memphis, Tenn., you can now find her biking around Bentonville, Ark.
How to fundraise during a VC drought: One startup shares their 6-month process
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How to fundraise during a VC drought: One startup shares their 6-month process
By Jessica MathewsJune 20, 2023
How hard is it to get VC money during a drought? We spent 6 months following startup Yoodlize as they tried to raise their seed round
Finance
How hard is it to get VC money during a drought? We spent 6 months following startup Yoodlize as they tried to raise their seed round
By Jessica MathewsJune 16, 2023
CAVA’s IPO was a ‘break in the clouds’ for the icy IPO market, says one of its early investors. Will others follow?
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CAVA’s IPO was a ‘break in the clouds’ for the icy IPO market, says one of its early investors. Will others follow?
By Jessica Mathews and Anne SradersJune 16, 2023
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Finance
Bari Weiss, Joe Lonsdale, and Niall Ferguson have dreams of building a free speech school in Texas. Emails from a regulator reveal they aren’t authorized to call it a ‘college’
By Jessica MathewsJune 14, 2023
With LPs like Michael Eisner, Alphabet’s Chairman and former Dreamworks President Chris DeFaria, a new $120M venture capital fund bets it already has a foot in the door
Finance
With LPs like Michael Eisner, Alphabet’s Chairman and former Dreamworks President Chris DeFaria, a new $120M venture capital fund bets it already has a foot in the door
By Jessica MathewsJune 12, 2023
A group of venture capitalists is rallying around Joe Lonsdale’s new university in Austin
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A group of venture capitalists is rallying around Joe Lonsdale’s new university in Austin
By Jessica MathewsMay 31, 2023
A Texas university created by Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale and journalist Bari Weiss has raised some $150 million to teach ‘forbidden courses’ by people like Marc Andreessen
Finance
A Texas university created by Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale and journalist Bari Weiss has raised some $150 million to teach ‘forbidden courses’ by people like Marc Andreessen
By Jessica MathewsMay 30, 2023
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Finance
Here is how much entry-level associates make at top VC firms, according to 5 VCs
By Lucy Brewster, Anne Sraders and Jessica MathewsMay 30, 2023
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Finance
10 questions insiders say you should be prepared to answer in a venture capital job interview, according to 6 VCs
By Lucy Brewster, Jessica Mathews and Anne SradersMay 26, 2023
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Finance
7 ways to make your VC job application stand out
By Lucy Brewster, Jessica Mathews and Anne SradersMay 26, 2023
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Finance
How to land a job in venture capital, according to 4 top VCs
By Anne Sraders, Jessica Mathews and Lucy BrewsterMay 25, 2023
Benchmark’s Bill Gurley predicted the tech bubble would burst almost a decade ago. Here’s what he sees ahead
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Benchmark’s Bill Gurley predicted the tech bubble would burst almost a decade ago. Here’s what he sees ahead
By Jessica MathewsMay 17, 2023
From his new home in Austin, legendary VC Bill Gurley opens up about why he stepped back from Benchmark and his next act
Finance
From his new home in Austin, legendary VC Bill Gurley opens up about why he stepped back from Benchmark and his next act
By Jessica MathewsMay 16, 2023
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Microsoft chief scientific officer Eric Horvitz says few aspects of humanity will be replaced by A.I.
By Jessica MathewsMay 1, 2023
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Finance
Microsoft’s chief scientific officer, one of the world’s leading A.I. experts, doesn’t think a 6 month pause will fix A.I.—but has some ideas of how to safeguard it
By Jessica MathewsApril 30, 2023
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