Women continue to receive only a small fraction of the funding from firms
Reducing angel investment would have had a domino effect on women in business
Tesla’s co-founder reveals a common nature by picking a legal fight with Sam Altman of OpenAI
The entrepreneur talks about her efforts to combine fashion and inclusion
Three women reflect on how losing their jobs fed their entrepreneurial ambitions
Study and an advert in the FT helped him start again as an entrepreneur and TV presenter
Far-sighted vision to shake up the staid sector of opticians
US venture capitalists are sitting on a record amount of ‘dry powder’ as they avoid risky bets on fledgling companies
The firm offers a Silicon-Valley approach to backing start-ups as an alternative to the traditional VC model
A 60% decline in 2023 from the year before sends a gloomy signal to funders and the start-ups that rely on them
Microsoft, Google and Amazon crowd out traditional Silicon Valley investors in blockbuster deals with AI start-ups in 2023
Study story: forced to give up dance training, Isabella Agdestein sought new challenges
Expansion on continent focuses on a young, ambitious demographic hungry for skills
Aim is to take advantage of economic headwinds to acquire promising businesses at a discount
Media executive Marc Boyan and Founders Forum boss Brent Hoberman join forces to help struggling start-ups
Parents should finance property and pocket money, not corporate cash
The cult of the smallholder and the micro-entrepreneur is a wrong-headed approach to poverty alleviation in Africa
Research suggests experienced founders are more likely to succeed, despite the prejudices of investors
The boom is over but Silicon Valley’s optimism is masking problems with investor capital and returns
The founder of a company that has developed a revolutionary turbine blade explains how she moved from the classics to engineering to business start-up
Silicon Valley firm to merge with Berlin-based La Famiglia for regional start-up expertise
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Launched from the back of a tuk-tuk, the rise of a chain that now has more than 20 branches
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