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CEO of Nasdaq, Adena Friedman. Photo by Bloomberg

‘I’m Not Going to Wade Into That One’: Nasdaq’s CEO on the Downturn, Crypto and ‘Super Apps’

By Jessica E. Lessin · Sep 6, 2022 10:00am PDT · 2 comments

2022 has been a brutal year for the markets. But what about the markets business? With initial public offerings slumping to the lowest levels since 2009, I sat down with a woman who sees it all very up close—Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman. Friedman runs one of the world’s most important public markets, and she is also a software CEO,... 2022 has been a brutal year for the markets. But what about the markets business? With initial...

Construct Capital founders Rachel Holt, left, and Dayna Grayson. Photos by Construct Capital.

Uber, NEA Alums Launch $300 Million Fund to Back Supply Chain Startups

By Kate Clark · Apr 19, 2022 11:10am PDT · 1 comment

When former Uber executive Rachel Holt and ex-NEA partner Dayna Grayson formed Construct Capital in early 2020, they set out to back companies that many venture capitalists overlook: manufacturing, supply chain and industrial startups. Then came the coronavirus pandemic, which threw global manufacturing into disarray and made supply chain... When former Uber executive Rachel Holt and ex-NEA partner Dayna Grayson formed Construct Capital...

Michael Seibel. Photo: Y Combinator

Y Combinator CEO Faces the Crisis and His Critics

By Kate Clark · Aug 25, 2020 7:00am PDT · 2 comments

Y Combinator has won acclaim for a twice-yearly training program that produced Silicon Valley crown jewels such as Stripe and Airbnb. But for the first time since the startup accelerator’s inception in 2005, all 220 participants had to dial in remotely, threatening a valuable component of YC—its ability to help founders forge... Y Combinator has won acclaim for a twice-yearly training program that produced Silicon Valley...