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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.

Inside Andreessen Horowitz’s grand plans to scale its venture capital firm into a behemoth and conquer the globe

Magazine Inside Andreessen Horowitz’s grand plans to scale its venture capital firm into a behemoth and conquer the globe

By Eric Newcomer and Jessica MathewsNovember 23, 2022

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Newsletters Elizabeth Holmes’s 11.25-year sentence will send shock waves through the tech industry

By Jessica MathewsNovember 21, 2022

‘This is fraud’: Coinbase CFO says of FTX as more crypto fintechs get caught in contagion

Newsletters ‘This is fraud’: Coinbase CFO says of FTX as more crypto fintechs get caught in contagion

By Jessica MathewsNovember 17, 2022

Elizabeth Holmes’s attorneys paint a dark picture of venture capital as her sentencing looms

Newsletters Elizabeth Holmes’s attorneys paint a dark picture of venture capital as her sentencing looms

By Jessica MathewsNovember 16, 2022

Crypto VC Multicoin Capital has assets frozen with FTX bankruptcy pending

Newsletters Crypto VC Multicoin Capital has assets frozen with FTX bankruptcy pending

By Jessica Mathews and Anne SradersNovember 15, 2022

How the demise of MoviePass’s first rendition turned into a scandal

Newsletters How the demise of MoviePass’s first rendition turned into a scandal

By Jessica MathewsNovember 8, 2022

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Finance MoviePass’s former chairman Ted Farnsworth has been arrested as he and former CEO face criminal fraud charges

By Sheryl Estrada and Jessica MathewsNovember 7, 2022

A short seller offers his unfiltered perspective on the end of the SPAC boom

Newsletters A short seller offers his unfiltered perspective on the end of the SPAC boom

By Jessica MathewsNovember 7, 2022

‘We are apologizing for nothing’: Apollo CEO says private equity firm is leaning into the downturn

Newsletters ‘We are apologizing for nothing’: Apollo CEO says private equity firm is leaning into the downturn

By Jessica MathewsNovember 3, 2022

Where valuations for tech companies stand now, in 3 charts

Newsletters Where valuations for tech companies stand now, in 3 charts

By Jessica MathewsNovember 1, 2022

Sequoia vet Mark Kvamme to step back at Drive Capital, months after firm raises $1 billion from LPs

Newsletters Sequoia vet Mark Kvamme to step back at Drive Capital, months after firm raises $1 billion from LPs

By Jessica MathewsOctober 28, 2022

Who will become Carlyle’s next chief executive? Here’s the running list of candidates

Newsletters Who will become Carlyle’s next chief executive? Here’s the running list of candidates

By Jessica MathewsOctober 26, 2022

Newsletters How a TikTok video gave two founders in their mid-20’s negotiating leverage in their pre-seed round

By Jessica MathewsOctober 25, 2022

VC investing is at a two-year low—but there are a few bright spots

Newsletters VC investing is at a two-year low—but there are a few bright spots

By Jessica MathewsOctober 20, 2022

Bird, the troubled Sequoia-backed scooter company, is exiting markets and adding balance sheet risk

Newsletters Bird, the troubled Sequoia-backed scooter company, is exiting markets and adding balance sheet risk

By Jessica MathewsOctober 19, 2022

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