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Midas At 25: The 15 Best Venture Capital Investors
When the Midas List began in 2001, Silicon Valley was still coming to terms with the “tech wreck.” The excitement in early internet companies led to public flameouts and a long and painful reset that saw the Nasdaq drop 39.3%, its…
How AI Mega-Startups Rewired Venture Capital And The Midas List
A tiny group of AI companies absorbed hundreds of billions in capital, created historic paper fortunes and reshaped the 2026 Forbes Midas List—while testing whether public markets can absorb trillion-dollar startups. For most of venture…
I Taught Myself to Code at Age 10. After Working At Google and Twitter, I Turned to Venture Capital. Here's What I Look for When Investing in Startups.
Alex Roetter taught himself how to code as a child, setting the foundation for a lifelong builder's mindset. He spent years at Google and Twitter, now X, honing his coding and interpersonal skills. Now he works as a general partner at venture…
Moscow Court Upholds 'Extremist' Label for Galitsky's Venture Capital Fund
A Moscow judge on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling designating tech entrepreneur Alexander Galitsky's venture capital fund as an “extremist” organization and seizing 8 billion rubles ($97.5 million) worth of assets. Galitsky's…
Inside The Earliest Bets Of The AI Era
Before OpenAI became a trillion-dollar IPO candidate, before AI coding assistants generated billions in revenue, and before defense tech became one of Silicon Valley's hottest categories, a small group of seed investors had already made their bets.
The Companies Defining The Midas Era
For 25 years, the Forbes Midas List has tracked the venture investors generating the largest returns in venture capital. Across multiple technology eras, a relatively small group of startups has generated an outsized share of those returns. They…
The Midas List Formula: How The World's Top Venture Capitalists Are Ranked
The Midas List is built on the premise that the venture capitalists who consistently generate the strongest investment outcomes should be identifiable through the quality and performance of the companies they back—not merely by industry…
The Venture Capitalists Winning The Frontier Race
In venture capital, the biggest fortunes are rarely made once a trend becomes obvious. By the time dozens of firms are competing for allocations into OpenAI or Anthropic, the investors generating truly outsized returns have usually been in for…
After the Shein shock, Everlane's founder launches his next act
Last weekend, when Puck announced that the sustainable fashion startup Everlane had been acquired by the Chinese ultra fast fashion retailer Shein, it sent shockwaves throughout the fashion world. Michael Preysman, who founded Everlane in 2011, was…
Everlane Founder Michael Preysman To Launch New Brand
Everlane was sold to Shein last week. The former founder is launching his own brand in response. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) In response to the sale of Everlane to Shein, a deal that last week shocked and outraged customers and…
The 2026 Midas Brink List: The Investors Behind Tech's Next Wave Of Breakout Companies
Venture capital is a long game, and the investors who eventually define it rarely emerge overnight. Long before they land on the Forbes Midas List, the industry's top performers are quietly identifying breakout founders, earning their way into…
Fortuna Investments Strengthens Its National Ambitions With the Appointment of Joseph Magazine
At a time when venture capital firms are increasingly being measured not only by financial returns but also by their ability to shape industries, influence economic priorities, and identify transformative opportunities before the broader market…
Lawmaker suggests charity element for HK investment migration scheme
A lawmaker has suggested allowing part of the required investment under the New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES) to be used for charitable purposes. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Under the scheme, applicants are required to invest at…
The Protein Industrial Complex Is Here. Fiber Wants In.
Halle Berry holding Pendulum products Courtesy of Pendulum Therapeutics The age of the “Protein Industrial Complex” is upon is. Hitting protein “macro” targets has become a daily ritual for millions of health-conscious…
Opendoor Co-Founder Eric Wu Launches AI For Construction Venture
NavigateAI CEO Eric Wu poses for a photo in San Francisco. When Eric Wu was the CEO of Opendoor, a startup that popularized instant cash offers to homeowners, Opendoor was purchasing roughly 5,000 homes a month. Managing that massive volume…
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