The Best Phones You Can Buy in 2025

The smartphone audience is so wide that it’s difficult to settle on just one of the best phones of 2025. Some of us want huge screens, fast processors, and tons…

From forced landings to stuffed animal heads, headhunter Peterson Conway is defense tech’s wildest power broker

In 2023, defense tech recruiter Peterson Conway VIII pulled up to the offices of nuclear fusion startup Fuse in a black Suburban, donning his signature cowboy hat. He picked up…

New York’s top VCs under 30

The next generation of New York City investors are already making their mark in the Big Apple.  They come from big-name venture firms like Female Founders Fund and Lerer Hippeau…

MSI Claw 8 AI+ Review: Quite a Redemption Story

2024 If I told you “The Claw” was being redeemed, would you first think of the Inspector Gadget villain or MSI’s hard-pressed handheld from earlier this year? Gizmodo and many…

TikTok Will Reportedly Shut Down Its App Completely on Sunday

Piggies, you better get your last tastes of slop in before it is too late. TikTok reportedly plans to shut down its app for U.S. users on Sunday, so long…

Steve Bannon Vows to Get Elon Musk Kicked Out of Trump’s Orbit Before Inauguration Day

In the latest from “The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point” department, Steve Bannon recently called Elon Musk a “truly evil person” without a true ideology other…

Ben Lerer, managing partner of one of New York’s most prestigious seed-stage venture firms, Lerer Hippeau, shared some predictions with Fortune’s Leo Schwartz. He believes venture firms will continue to…

Altos Ventures, an early backer of Coupang and Roblox, raises $500M fund

Altos Ventures, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has backed the likes of Roblox, Coupang, PandaDoc, and Quizlet, has secured $500 million for its latest fund, according to SEC…

European solo GP Robin Capital closes first fund with €15M to play with

Robin Capital — the Germany-based, solo GP-led VC fund by former entrepreneur Robin Haak — has hit its final close of “Robin Fund One” at €13 million. Combined with its…

VC investment in emerging markets plummeted by over 40% last year

VC investments in emerging markets such as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) plummeted by over 40% compared to 2023, according to a new report. The data mirrors the…