Stripe’s Acquisition Pace Has Accelerated In The Past Five Years, But Nothing Comes Close To Its Reported $53B PayPal Bet
Payments giant Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have teamed up to make an offer to buy troubled PayPal
Fintech Funding Surges 23% In H1 2026 As Investors Concentrate Their Bets On AI And Financial Infrastructure
Venture funding into fintech startups climbed nearly 23% year over year in H1 2026, even as deal count fell more
Doing the right thing when things go wrong
It’s Wednesday at 2pm. A routine deploy goes out. Within minutes, customers cannot open the app. Alarms fire, the pager
Doing the right thing when things go wrong
When customers rely on you, minutes matter in an incident. Here’s the process Fin’s engineers follow to detect, mitigate, and
SpaceX, Mega-IPOs, and Efficient Markets
A reader writes, asking “With Spacex’s recent IPO and other upcoming IPOs and the changes that the index fund providers
Financial Planning Roundup: “Ultraprocessed Content”
This week I encountered an article (from March) by Cal Newport (author of Deep Work) on the topic of smartphones,
Escape from Squircle Jail
This weekend, I was wrapping up a new release of Iris and decided to have some fun after a user
Exclusive: No More Side Hustles: Why AI Startup Omnea Will Give Employees $250K To Openly Plan Their Next Startup
Omnea, a London-based artificial intelligence software company that helps businesses manage their supplier spending, is challenging traditional venture models with
London-Based Tapestry VC Closes On $80M Third Fund To Invest In Repeat European Founders
London-based Tapestry VC has closed an $80 million third fund to double down on what it believes is one of
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Energy And Biotech Lead The Way
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture