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Jessica Mathews
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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.
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Finance
The Crystal Ball: VCs, private equity investors, and tech founders predict what will happen to the metaverse in 2023
By Jessica Mathews and Jackson FordyceJanuary 3, 2023
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Finance
The Crystal Ball: VCs, private equity investors, and tech founders predict M&A activity for 2023
By Jessica Mathews and Jackson FordyceJanuary 3, 2023
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Companies
A crypto mystery: Why did no one short FTX?
By Jeff John Roberts and Jessica MathewsJanuary 3, 2023
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Newsletters
The biggest deals, scandals, bets, and M&A breakups from a truly memorable year
By Jessica MathewsDecember 16, 2022
Is San Francisco back? Venture investors weigh in on how the hub of VC and tech startups has—and hasn’t—changed
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Is San Francisco back? Venture investors weigh in on how the hub of VC and tech startups has—and hasn’t—changed
By Anne Sraders and Jessica MathewsDecember 15, 2022
FTX’s venture investments in limbo with SBF in custody and prosecutors and lawyers circling crumbs of his crypto empire
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FTX’s venture investments in limbo with SBF in custody and prosecutors and lawyers circling crumbs of his crypto empire
By Jessica MathewsDecember 14, 2022
How partners at Google parent Alphabet’s growth fund CapitalG are tackling the downturn
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How partners at Google parent Alphabet’s growth fund CapitalG are tackling the downturn
By Anne Sraders and Jessica MathewsDecember 13, 2022
Inside Initialized Capital’s next moves as cofounder and star investor Garry Tan steps back
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Inside Initialized Capital’s next moves as cofounder and star investor Garry Tan steps back
By Jessica MathewsDecember 9, 2022
The top policy battles for 2023, explained
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The top policy battles for 2023, explained
By Jessica Mathews and Bradley TuskDecember 8, 2022
Stanford law professors are entangled in Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX mess—and SBF’s father withdrew from an upcoming class
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Stanford law professors are entangled in Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX mess—and SBF’s father withdrew from an upcoming class
By Jessica Mathews and Anne SradersDecember 6, 2022
Meet the power players trying to make FTX customers whole
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Meet the power players trying to make FTX customers whole
By Jessica MathewsDecember 5, 2022
Exclusive: As production begins at troubled EV company Canoo, internal documents show vehicle parts are still missing and late payments may lead to delays
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Exclusive: As production begins at troubled EV company Canoo, internal documents show vehicle parts are still missing and late payments may lead to delays
By Jessica MathewsDecember 1, 2022
A new lawsuit accusing Apollo co-founder Leon Black of rape underscores his connection to Jeffrey Epstein
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A new lawsuit accusing Apollo co-founder Leon Black of rape underscores his connection to Jeffrey Epstein
By Jessica MathewsNovember 30, 2022
How big can Andreessen Horowitz really get?
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How big can Andreessen Horowitz really get?
By Jessica MathewsNovember 28, 2022
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Inside FTX’s crypto empire in the Bahamas
By Jessica MathewsNovember 23, 2022
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