I'm a senior editor at Forbes covering venture capital and startups, especially in cloud and AI, out of New York. I edit the Midas List and Under 30 for VC, and created the Midas List Europe and Cloud 100 lists. I've written more than a dozen cover stories on business leaders
Goodbye, Golden Handcuffs: Inside The Partner Exodus Rippling Across Venture Capital
A wave of partners are leaving blue-chip firms to join emerging funds or start their own — some still unannounced. Meet venture’s new guard.
This AI Startup In Nepal Is Helping Figma And OpenAI Close Their Biggest Sales
CEO Pukar Hamal and SecurityPal handle a niche headache for many of tech’s leading players, by pairing AI with a growing hub of analysts in Kathmandu's 'Silicon Peaks'.
Clay, A Secret Weapon For Anthropic And OpenAI, Boosts Valuation To $1.3 Billion
Software startup Clay took years to figure out its product. Now it’s growing fast, with tens of millions in revenue and a valuation that’s doubled in six months.
This YC Partner Just Raised $30 Million For An AI Startup Automating Paperwork For Biotech
Y Combinator's Surbhi Sarna has raised $30 million for Collate, a startup aiming to automate the tedious parts of running a life sciences business using AI.
Anthropic’s Pending $60 Billion Valuation Will Make All Seven Cofounders Billionaires
Anthropic's new fundraise will make CEO Dario Amodei, president Daniela Amodei and their five cofounders all billionaires. Forbes estimates each to hold 2% equity stakes.
Midas List 2025: Submissions Open To Rank The World’s Top Venture Capitalists
The Midas List, Forbes’ data-driven ranking of the top 100 private tech investors in the world, is back for a 24th year. Submissions are open through January 28.
This ‘Immigrant Kid’ Turned Early GitLab Investor Now Has A $160 Million Debut Venture Fund
Bulgaria-born Villi Iltchev, a former Salesforce and Box executive, plans to invest in pre-seed and seed enterprise software businesses from new fund Category Ventures.
ServiceTitan Quiets The Doubters, With Shares Up 42% In Rare 2024 Tech IPO
The debut looks like a good sign for a slate of tech IPOs expected in the new year.
They Teamed Up On Databricks And Perplexity. Now They're Launching Their Own $150 Million Fund
With deep Databricks and Perplexity ties, Andy Konwinski, Pete Sonsini and Andrew Krioukov have launched a VC firm focused on research-driven, highly-technical founders.
30 Under 30 Venture Capital 2025: Meet The Investors Funding A New Generation Of Startup Leaders
From new fund managers to incubation experts, these young venture capitalists are investing in the future, one tech startup at a time.