Global fintech funding totaled $15 billion in the first quarter of this year, growing 55% from the fourth quarter, according to CB Insights’ latest State of Fintech report. Second, of the $15 billion ...
The killing of George Floyd—on May 25th, in Minneapolis, under the weight of Derek Chauvin’s knee and a brutally racist police system—precipitated a torrent of images of spectacular violence.
For a single year, it appeared that the venture gambit was going to work out: Hundreds of startups hoped to be worth billions on paper and exit in good order. Sadly for investors and founders alike, ...