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Equator closes $55M fund to bring more private capital to African climate tech | TechCrunch
Equator, a climate tech VC firm, closes first fund at $55 million to support seed and Series A startups in energy, agriculture, and mobility. (2025)
Stockmarkets. The potential listing of Shein is a test of London’s allure
It would also intensify scrutiny of the fast-fashion giant | Britain (2024)
They thought they were joining an accelerator — instead they lost their startups | TechCrunch
When the now-defunct Austin accelerator Newchip filed for bankruptcy, founders learned that warrants into their startups were being sold off. (2024)
The 'valley of death' for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up | TechCrunch
It's easier for climate companies to get enough funding to get started. It's much harder once they need money to scale. (2024)
Egypt: a crisis deferred
After pushing its economy to the brink, Egypt gets a bail-out. But a record-setting investment from the UAE will not fix its chronic problems | ... (2024)
FIRECalc: A different kind of retirement calculator
Thinking of chucking it all and retiring early, long before you startgetting a pension or Social Security, and before you have ready access to your... (2024)
EB-5 visa program: The Rural Ski Slope Caught Up in an International Scam | The New Yorker
A federal program promised to bring foreign investment to remote parts of the country. It soon became rife with fraud. Sheelah Kolhatkar reports. ... (2024)
Dealwise: The marketplace for buying and selling SaaS companies | Y Combinator
Get acquired, or find your next acquisition target (2023)
How Does the World’s Largest Hedge Fund Really Make Its Money? - The New York Times
Ray Dalio’s investing tactics have always been a closely kept secret, even inside Bridgewater Associates. Several years ago, some of Wall Street’s ... (2023)
Asia’s new aid diplomacy. Charity closer to home
Richer Asian countries helping poorer ones will shape the region’s geopolitics. China isn’t the only country giving out goodies in Asia. Japan and... (2023)
Economic integration: How Asia is reinventing its economic model
A new Era of Asian commerce. How the continent at the heart of globalization is reinventing itself. The continent’s future will involve less Weste... (2023)
Visa acquires Brazilian fintech startup Pismo in $1B blockbuster deal | TechCrunch
Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure provider Pismo for $1 billion in cash. (2023)
Trade and Geopolitics; enter the investment police. America’s plan to vet investments into China
Citing national security, America’s government considers tighter rules on outbound capital | Business Placing limits on America’s globetrotting ... (2023)
Argentina’s upcoming election; Annual inflation of 114% is pushing Argentina to the right
Patricia Bullrich and Javier Milei are rising in the polls for this year’s presidential election | The Americas The annual inflation rate, of 11... (2023)
Professional services; PwC has disgraced itself down under
The firm’s employees helped multinationals dodge taxes in Australia | Business The professional services giant is in hot water over allegations ... (2023)
The Opportunity for Healthcare x Fintech | Andreessen Horowitz
The healthcare system is broken—fintech offers solutions. How technology will make healthcare more intuitive, efficient, and cost-effective. Tho... (2023)
Banking. The financial system is slipping into state control
Government control the banking sector; What will it look like after the next spell of instability? | Finance & economics (2023)
Interest rates: LIBOR will at last be switched off in June
The scandal-ridden benchmark is a relic of a previous era. By 2012 LIBOR set the rates for contracts governing some $550 trillion, more than seven ... (2023)
Africa’s debts. Africa faces a mounting debt crisis
Rising rates are hurting some of its brightest economic stars. Some of the continent’s brightest economic stars are in serious trouble (2023)
The fight over the future of global payments. Financial fragmentation
Digital payments have transformed domestic finance. Now competition is going global. A challenge to the West’s legacy system, including the Visa-Ma... (2023)
China and the West take a step to ease Africa’s debt crisis
A deal for Ghana is the first test case for a new approach. IMF, World Bank, the Paris Club, China and lending in Africa (2023)
Digital Finance: As payments systems go digital, they are changing global finance | Special Report
The fight over payments systems is hotting up around the world. There may be surprising winners, says Arjun Ramani | Special report For centurie... (2023)
What Happens if the US Defaults on its Debt?
Understand the different types of defaults, what happens if the US defaults on its debt, and how it could impact your finances. (2023)
Indian firms are flocking to the United Arab Emirates. Asian commerce.
Forget Mumbai. Dubai is the place to be. Why Indian business is flocking to the United Arab Emirates. All of this suggest that the Emirates is evol... (2023)
Sovereign-stealth funds. Welcome to a new era of petrodollar power
What are the hundreds of billions of oil riches being spent on? | Finance & economics (2023)
Reserve Currencies: The power and the limits of the American dollar | The Economist
Heavy lies the crown: The greenback is still king. But those who want to evade it are finding ways to do so | Leaders (2023)
Italy needs to spend more, faster | The Economist
It is struggling to use nearly €200bn of EU cash | Europe (2023)
How to fix the IMF International Monetary Fund | The Economist
The fund must get tough on obstructive creditors, but save them a seat at the table | Leaders (2023)
OpenAI API example use case: Morgan Stanley GPT-4 to organize its vast knowledge base.
Morgan Stanley wealth management deploys GPT-4 to organize its vast knowledge base. (2023)
Bill.com - International Payments: Send Payments from One Place | BILL
With BILL, you can send domestic and international payments, all from one place. Gain efficiency and accuracy with a streamlined process. Get start... (2023)
Why no one wants to host the Olympics
and should there be a permanent host? (2024)
The biggest money mistakes I made while travelling
Backpacking on a budget isn't the easiest thing in the world... and I definitely have made some mistakes along the way hehe. Travelling Europe on a... (2024)
YouTube creator: How I Retired Early At 37 With $1.2 Million In California
If you ask Francis the best way to retire early, his answer is simple: don't.For years, the now 42-year-old went to great lengths to achieve FIRE, ... (2024)
Using real estate investing, This attorney plans to retire by 42 and live virtually tax-free | FIRE Starters
Seattle attorney Sylvia Hall worked off six figures in student debt on her path to financial independence. Now, she plans to use real estate to pay... (2024)
I Live Better In Thailand Than I Did In The U.S. - Here's How Much It Costs | Relocated
Jesse Schoberg, 41, relocated to Bangkok, Thailand at the beginning of 2022. He has been living and working abroad since 2008. He currently makes a... (2024)
How London became the dirty money capital of the world | FT Film
Russian oligarchs and companies have been investing in London for two decades, encouraged by British politicians of all stripes, but critics say th... (2024)
Why Citibank Branches Are Closing Around The World
After the company’s collapse during the 2008 recession, Citi’s stock has continuously struggled. Shares of the company saw more than a 30% drop ove... (2023)
Citigroup and the 'financial supermarket' experiment | FT Film
The 1998 mega-merger between banking giant Citicorp and insurer Travelers Group created the world's biggest financial services company. But Citi's ... (2023)
International finance: Why oligarchs choose London for their dirty money
Britain is one of the best places in the world to launder dirty money. Our new film tells you why—and asks whether that's likely to change.00:00 - ... (2023)
Why is Argentina’s economy such a mess?
Rampant inflation, a booming black market for US dollars and crippling debt - welcome to Argentina, one of the world's most dysfunctional economies... (2023)
The Open Source Movement in Fintech
Imagine that financial services could be built like Lego blocks — that developers could easily combine different pieces to discover hundreds of new... (2023)
France’s Pension Reforms: Why Is There So Much Opposition? | WSJ
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government invoked a special provision called Article 49 Thursday to push through a controversial pensions overh... (2023)
France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa
France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa (2023)
Review: The Book That Changed My Financial Life - Morgan Housel's book 'The Psychology of Money”
In this episode of BOOK CLUB, we're talking about 14 money rules I follow to build and keep wealth which I learned from reading Morgan Housel's boo... (2023)
How much does it REALLY cost? (Backpacking Europe on a Budget 2023)
Europe Travel on a Budget, is it easy? In this video, we find out just how much it costs to backpack Europe for 4 months. I break down step by step... (2023)
How to Travel Europe CHEAP | Easy Budget Tips To Travel For $40 a Day! (2021)
Learn how to travel Europe cheap! How do you Budget for Europe And what's are the cheapest ways to get around Europe? Is it Eurail, Bla Bla Car, Fl... (2023)
Value Investing - Aswath Damodaran
Many investors, when asked to describe their investment philosophies, almost reflexively describe themselves as value investors. While some of that... (2020)
How Robinhood Makes Money (Jan 2019)
Robinhood, an investing app valued at over $5 billion, says it's trying to "democratize America's financial system" by making investing accessible ... (2020)
How Robinhood Really Makes Money (Dec 2018)
Want to join our free STOCKHUB discord chat? Here is the link https://discord.gg/MkquuN7 After yesterdays video on the Robinhood app 3% savings acc... (2020)
How Private Equity Avoids Tax - WSJ
Financial News explains some of the main tactics used by experts in the private equity industry to minimise tax bills. Subscribe to the WSJ channel... (2019)
How these penny-pinchers retired in their 30s — PBS
Eschewing consumer culture, Pete Adeney, also known as Mr. Money Mustache, practices an extreme frugality that allowed him to retire at age 30. Avo... (2018)
A Conversation with Aileen Lee - Moderated by Geoff Ralston
YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to Cowboy Ventures Founder Aileen Lee. Transcript and additional content can be found here: See Min 26 - for VC ... (2018)
Startup Mechanics - Kirsty Nathoo - CS183F
Kirsty Nathoo is a Partner and the CFO at Y Combinator. She has worked with thousands of companies through all stages of their life; from incorpora... (2018)
YC - Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups (Kirsty Nathoo, Carolynn Levy) - Lecture 18
How to Start a Startup Published on Nov 20, 2014 There's a lot that goes behind the scenes in running a startup. Getting the legal, finance (eq... (2018)
How Cars Can Keep You Poor - Two Cents • PBS
Cars have become an integral part of American society. While it can feel that buying a new car is granting you new freedom, buying a new car is mor... (2018)
Do I Need To Buy A House? | PBS
The importance of homeownership is still embedded in American culture, but actual homeownership has dropped to its lowest level since 1967. How sho... (2018)
5 Ways People Are Dumb About Money - PBS
Not only do we as humans make financial mistakes, our mistakes are predictable! Here's the story of how we learned that we can predict our mistakes... (2018)
How are credit scores calculated? - Two Cents • PBS
It's not just about payment history. Several things are taken into account when your credit score (or FICO score) is calculated. How have you h... (2018)
Credit Reports - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight Published on Apr 10, 2016 Credit reports play a surprisingly large role in our lives, but even more surprising is how often they ... (2018)
Retirement Plans - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight Published on Jun 12, 2016 Saving for retirement means navigating a potential minefield of high fees and bad advice. Billy Eichn... (2018)
Did Hurricane Ian Bust Florida’s Housing Boom? - The Daily | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from The Daily on Spotify. Since Hurricane Ian devastated southwestern Florida last month, residents have filed a record num... (2022)
The Student Debt Dilemma With Constantine Yannelis - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Capitalisn't on Spotify. We’re taking a week off here at the end of the summer, but with Biden’s recent student loan an... (2022)
Morgan Housel - The Psychology of Money - Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby on Spotify. Morgan Housel is one of the world's foremost leaders on all thin... (2022)
Offshore Finance - What the ‘Pandora Papers’ Mean for Bitcoin - CoinDesk Podcast
Listen to this episode from CoinDesk Podcast Network on Spotify. A new 2.94 terabyte data leak doxes tens of thousands of offshore accounts of prom... (2021)
What Happened The One Time the U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt : Planet Money : NPR
There was one time the U.S. federal government stopped borrowing and paid off every penny of national debt. It did not end well… (2021)
Work V. Wealth: Capital Gains Tax, Explained | On Point
The capital gains tax. The Biden administration wants to raise it. But why is capital taxed less than work to begin with? (2021)
The Sunshine Economy: Cuban Currency Unification | WLRN
After more than 25 years, Cuba is doing away with its dual currency system and getting rid of the Cuban Convertible Peso. What does the change mean... (2021)
Lighting the Stock Market on Fire - Vox Media | Podcast
Listen to this episode from Go For Broke on Spotify. Venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs chasing big payouts helped inflate the dot-com ... (2020)
20VC Podcast: SPACs. What Are They? How Do They Change The Venture Landscape?
Listen to this episode from The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch on Spotify. Kevin Hartz is Co-Founder & Partner @ ... (2020)
Banks Took Billions In Fees To Process Small Business Loans Amid Pandemic Crisis
Banks handling the government's $349 billion loan program for small businesses made more than $10 billion in fees — even as tens of thousands of sm... (2020)
a16z Podcast: Direct Listings, Myths and Facts - Andreessen Horowitz
Another route to the public markets is the direct listing, recently reinvented for tech companies (with Spotify and Slack so far). This episode of ... (2019)
Why Foreign Investors Aren’t Buying As Much U.S. Debt (Podcast) - Bloomberg (2019)
There’s something wrong with prices in funding and bond markets, according to this week’s Odd Lots guest. Zoltan Pozsar is a former adviser to the ... (2019)
a16z Podcast: Innovating in Bets – Andreessen Horowitz
Every organization, whether small or big, early or late stage — and every individual, whether for themselves or others — makes countless decisions ... (2019)
a16z Podcast: Fintech for Startups and Incumbents – Andreessen Horowitz
In this episode — which originally aired as a video on YouTube — a16z general partner Alex Rampell (and former fintech entrepreneur as the CEO and ... (2019)
The Benefits Of Taking Out Loans For College : NPR
Counselors and parents are hesitant for students to take out loans for college. But a new study shows that borrowing money can actually be helpful ... (2018)
When Retirement Advice Goes Viral : Planet Money : NPR
So how much should you have saved for retirement? We wanted to know, so we asked the guy who invented the 401k. (2018)
Berkshire Hathaway: (podcast) “Warren Buffett loses his touch” | The Economist on Spotify
Berkshire Hathaway has evolved into an acquisition engine of large industrial companies. Unfortunately, the returns look pedestrian (2018)
Costs of the Olympics | Council on Foreign Relations
Andrew Zimbalist, the Robert A. Woods professor of economics at Smith College, joins CFR's James M. Lindsay to discuss the political and economic c... (2018)
a16z Podcast: Market Shifts – Andreessen Horowitz
NASDAQ CEO Adena Friedman runs one of the world’s largest financial services companies, including the NASDAQ stock exchange that’s home to more tha... (2017)
Apple’s monster investment arm
The Economist, 2017: “Should the world’s biggest company shrink its in-house finance division before it goes bananas? (2017)
Your Money or Your Life
A fully revised edition of one of the most influential books ever written on personal finance with more than a million copies sold “The best book o... (2024)
High Growth Handbook - by Elad Gil
Well known technology executive and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high growth tech companies like Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Instacart, Coi... (2022)
Seeking Wisdom: from Darwin to Munger
Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius' great wisdom: "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing an... (2021)
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirations may seem out of reach, but building wealth a... (2021)
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
"This is the story of the Great Depression as told through the lives of the central bankers who tried and failed to deal with the crisis. As one, M... (2018)
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
When asked simple questions about global trends—what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing... (2018)
Lemon Squeezy - Payments, tax & subscriptions for software companies
Sell digital products and SaaS software the easy peasy way with Lemon Squeezy. As your merchant of record, we handle the tax compliance burden so y... (2023)
Ramp - Corporate Cards for Startups & New Businesses
Ramp's finance automation platform is a game-changer for startups with a corporate card solution. We provide more than your average business credit... (2023)
Pilot.co - Hire Anywhere | Global payroll, benefits & compliance - pay contractors and employees worldwide
Easily onboard and pay contractors and employees worldwide, in one platform. Pilot is your all-in-one payroll and HR solution for your global team.... (2023)
SaaS Calculator - metrics
This calculator will help you determine your startups' growth ceiling. It calculates the CAC and LTV metrics and the growth rates needed to reach t... (2022)
Splitwise - sharing expenses with anyone
Splitwise is a free tool for friends and roommates to track bills and other shared expenses, so that everyone gets paid back. On the web, iPhone, a... (2022)
Frontier - An advance market commitment (AMC) to accelerate carbon removal
Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy an initial $925M of permanent carbon removal between 2022 and 2030. It’s funded by Stripe, Alpha... (2022)
Ledgy - cap table management
Ledgy makes your equity plans scalable, compliant in all countries, integrates with your existing systems and comes with enterprise-ready security ... (2021)
Gusto - Payroll and benefits
Set your business up with modern payroll, benefits, and HR. Gusto also manages third party benefits (health, dental, vision) Our plans were b... (2021)
Republic — Invest in Startups
On Republic, anyone can invest in startups. Become an investor in cutting-edge private companies with as little as $10 ✅ (2021)
Florida Student Scholarship & Grant Programs
Office of Student Financial Assistance State Scholarship and Grant Programs Access to Better Learning a... (2019)
TLDR Stock Options
An easy tool to ballpark the value of startup options. what are your options worth? a simple calculator... (2019)
Compensation and Equity Calculator - Front
This is a tool we built at Front to improve the level of transparency we provide to candidates whom we end up making an offer to. You can read more... (2018)
StartEngine: Equity Crowdfunding & Investment Opportunities
StartEngine is One of The Nation's Leading Equity Crowdfunding Platforms. StartEngine Allows Everyday People The Opportunity to Invest Online a... (2018)
Crypto Trading 101 - full set of guides - CoinDesk
CoinDesk unpacks and explains Fibonacci retracements, a tool used to predict potential price support and resistance, for crypto traders. (2018)
ISA income share agreements
(2019)
Poverty, and the cost of college
The California Sunday Magazine The College Try Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn’t afford a higher education, let alone rent. But they worked a... (2017)