Abigail Rubenstein VCs on a mission: 23 investors looking to fund women, Black, Latin and LGBTQ founders It’s harder for founders who aren’t white men to raise funds for their startups. These venture capital firms are working to fix that – and to make money doing it.
Investors are getting back to the land — U.S. farmland, that is Climate change and population growth are making U.S. agricultural land a hot commodity. Is that a good thing? Sam Klebanov 6.27.22 1:56 PM
Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd swiped "left" on Tinder, and ended up a billionaire They say revenge is the best medicine. Wolfe Herd got her fill after leaving her former job and launching a dating site where women called the shots. Amy Lamare 5.14.22 10:36 PM
How Abercrombie & Fitch fell from the height of cool For a time, cargo pants, shirtless hunks and too much cologne powered the store to the top of the mall ecosystem, but exclusivity and racism ultimately brought the brand down. Its reputation is still recovering. Amy Lamare 5.3.22 9:05 PM
Shein's controversial rise into a $100 billion fast fashion juggernaut A host of scandals has done little to slow Shein’s rise to the pinnacle of the fast fashion world as consumers snap up its affordable clothes. Amy Lamare 4.29.22 4:53 PM
Tornado.Cash lets anyone hide their blockchain activity. Its founders say it’s “unstoppable” The controversial cryptocurrency “mixing service” is caught up in the debate between digital privacy and concerns about money laundering. Zack Abrams 4.28.22 7:05 PM
Skolkovo: The story of Russia’s failed attempt to build its own Silicon Valley Russia learned the hard way that corruption and authoritarianism aren’t conducive to a thriving tech ecosystem. Sam Klebanov 4.27.22 8:59 PM