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Jessica Mathews

Jessica Mathews is a senior writer for Fortune covering 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, where she was the editor-in-chief of her student newspaper, the Empire State Tribune. Originally from Memphis, Tenn., you can now find her biking around Bentonville, Ark.

Newsletters The brand new head of Alphabet’s $4 billion growth-stage fund lays out what comes next

By Jessica MathewsMarch 2, 2023

70% of dealmakers say that investment managers share culpability for FTX

Newsletters 70% of dealmakers say that investment managers share culpability for FTX

By Jessica MathewsMarch 1, 2023

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Newsletters How to get a job in venture capital: The complete guide to getting started

By Anne Sraders and Jessica MathewsFebruary 27, 2023

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Finance How to get a job in venture capital: The complete guide to getting started

By Anne Sraders and Jessica MathewsFebruary 27, 2023

Inside VC Mark Kvamme’s second big bet—on Ohio

Newsletters Inside VC Mark Kvamme’s second big bet—on Ohio

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 22, 2023

TPG sees ‘one of the most challenging fundraising environments we’ve seen’—and is looking to Europe and insurance companies for capital

Newsletters TPG sees ‘one of the most challenging fundraising environments we’ve seen’—and is looking to Europe and insurance companies for capital

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 16, 2023

This husband-and-wife startup has shipped 20 million soup dumplings since the start of the pandemic

Newsletters This husband-and-wife startup has shipped 20 million soup dumplings since the start of the pandemic

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 15, 2023

What Gary Gensler’s crypto crackdown means for VCs

Newsletters What Gary Gensler’s crypto crackdown means for VCs

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 14, 2023

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Newsletters Nearly 7 in 10 dealmakers say that sexual misconduct, harassment, and gender bias continue to be a problem in the industry

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 9, 2023

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Tech The new Bing is out. A Microsoft exec weighs in on how it will make money

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 8, 2023

Microsoft is sacrificing some control as it works with OpenAI to power the ‘new paradigm’ of search

Newsletters Microsoft is sacrificing some control as it works with OpenAI to power the ‘new paradigm’ of search

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 8, 2023

The new 476-page Celsius Network investigation details all the red flags VCs and pension plans missed

Newsletters The new 476-page Celsius Network investigation details all the red flags VCs and pension plans missed

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 7, 2023

OpenAI’s first VC backer Khosla Ventures weighs in on the future of generative A.I.

Newsletters OpenAI’s first VC backer Khosla Ventures weighs in on the future of generative A.I.

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 2, 2023

Where startups are cutting spending, in 3 charts

Newsletters Where startups are cutting spending, in 3 charts

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 1, 2023

How one founder is taking on his own case of long COVID with startup Visible

Newsletters How one founder is taking on his own case of long COVID with startup Visible

By Jessica MathewsJanuary 31, 2023

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