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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.

Better.com CEO Vishal Garg has come under fire for the way he's treated employees.

Newsletters Investors stay silent as Better lays off 3,000 more staff members

By Jessica MathewsMarch 9, 2022

Aha! CEO Brian de Haaff, left, and CTO Chris Waters chose to fund their third business without venture capital or private equity money.

Newsletters Why the CEO of Aha! rejected the venture capital model and thinks more founders should do the same

By Jessica MathewsMarch 8, 2022

Griffin Gaming Partners closed its second fund, raising $750 million to invest in gaming.

Newsletters Amid pandemic boom, gaming gets another nod with $750 million new fund

By Jessica MathewsMarch 7, 2022

Reframe, an app to help you cut down on drinking, raises $12.5 million as alcohol intake continues to climb

Tech Reframe, an app to help you cut down on drinking, raises $12.5 million as alcohol intake continues to climb

By Jessica MathewsMarch 5, 2022

Indian markets amid Russia-Ukraine crisis

Newsletters Why the war in Ukraine may pause India’s largest IPO

By Jessica MathewsMarch 4, 2022

Daybase COO Douglas Chambers and Daybase CEO Joel Steinhaus attend the opening of the first Daybase hybrid work spot in Hoboken, N.J. at the end of January.

Newsletters A former WeWork team is taking another bet on coworking, and a major lessor has signed on

By Jessica MathewsMarch 3, 2022

What 2022 could bring for private equity, in 5 charts

Newsletters What 2022 could bring for private equity, in 5 charts

By Jessica MathewsMarch 2, 2022

Who was Elizabeth Holmes when no one else was looking? Hulu’s new series ‘The Dropout’ pulls back the curtain

Newsletters Who was Elizabeth Holmes when no one else was looking? Hulu’s new series ‘The Dropout’ pulls back the curtain

By Jessica MathewsMarch 1, 2022

American Express Ventures is doubling down on Web3

Newsletters American Express Ventures is doubling down on Web3

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 28, 2022

Harshul Sanghi (pictured) is retiring after more than a decade building American Express’ $1.3 billion venture capital arm.

Finance How Fortune 500 behemoth American Express quietly became a venture capital powerhouse

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 25, 2022

More than 100 startups have offices in Ukraine. Founders are rushing to protect their employees

Newsletters More than 100 startups have offices in Ukraine. Founders are rushing to protect their employees

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 25, 2022

Leslie Wolfson, Swiftarc Ventures engagement director (left), presents with Sid Jawahar, founder and managing partner, and Fabian Urquijo, president. The firm says it will only hire women through the rest of 2022.

Newsletters Why this venture capital firm is only hiring women in 2022

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 24, 2022

Leipzig: A Porsche Macan model on the assembly line at the German carmaker's factory in Leipzig.

Newsletters What a Porsche IPO would mean for Germany’s most powerful automobile family

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 23, 2022

Grata co-founders Andrew Bocskocsky, left, and Nevin Raj, plan to use the influx of capital to further build out their technology.

Newsletters Grata raises $25 million to help private equity firms find their next investment

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 22, 2022

Why Sequoia Capital’s new crypto investments will look a little different

Newsletters Why Sequoia Capital’s new crypto investments will look a little different

By Jessica MathewsFebruary 18, 2022

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