4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (266+ words) This is the third piece in a series on serial acquisition and the modern M&A landscape. The first piece mapped the six archetypes of acquirer, the second traced the history of serial acquisition from the 1960s conglomerate era to today's…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (402+ words) If you ask chatbots why fintech funding is surging in 2026, they usually mention the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Funny how that works. But AI is just one part of why the fintech funding pipeline in the first quarter of the…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (948+ words) Women who disengage from capital conversations were often raised watching their mothers do the same. The behavior reproduces itself. The $30 trillion in wealth transferring to women over the next decade includes significant sums still effectively controlled by someone else. "So…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (271+ words) When Doug Leone announced his retirement in 2022 from his role as "senior steward" of storied venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, it was the end of an era. The billionaire venture capitalist had run the fund with Mike Moritz since its…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (191+ words) Five Moats That Survive the AI Compression Fourth is capital at scale. Bloch argues this is the most underweighted factor. The endgame of the current technology cycle is physical: chip fabs cost roughly $20 billion, nuclear plants around $10 billion, satellite constellations…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (796+ words) AI startups raised over $200 billion in 2025, a 75% increase, with half of global venture funding now in AI. While mega-rounds fuel foundational models, investment is rapidly shifting to vertical-specific AI in sectors. This signals massive opportunities for specialized tools, especially for…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (384+ words) It felt like with some more prompting, maybe I could get it to give me what I want, but I didn't have the time for that because you've got to bill your hours and you've got deadlines," he tells Forbes....

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1219+ words) At a women investors" event in Los Angeles, someone asked Catherine Drummond Lake why she invested in startups. "To make money," she said. The room looked at her strangely. She found that strange. One would think this room, filled with…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (142+ words) In an era where "chaos is inevitable," how do the world's biggest brands maintain trust? PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada joins host Maggie McGrath to discuss the evolution of digital operations and the critical intersection of AI and enterprise resilience. From…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1183+ words) Kobalt Labs has raised a total funding of $12.7 million to automate one of the fintech sector's most stubborn bottlenecks: compliance work that still runs on spreadsheets, screenshots, and humans combing through hundred-page documents. The funding is another signal of where…...