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Midas | 06.04.2024

Venture Capital’s Up-And-Comers: The 2024 Brink List

The Brink List highlights emerging VCs who are building a reputation for smart investment decisions and access to great companies.

Midas | 06.04.2024

How The Midas List 2024 Was Created: The Data Behind The Top VCs

The startup tech sector is a dynamic engine driving much of today’s market – and venture capital is its primary…

Midas | 06.05.2024

The Midas Seed List 2024: The Early Venture Capital Backers Of Tomorrow’s AI Giants

For this year’s list, we’re taking a closer look at venture capitalists who wrote the first checks into companies at…

Midas | 06.05.2024

The Midas Seed List 2024: The Early Venture Capital Backers Of Tomorrow’s AI Giants

Midas | 06.05.2024

Forbes Midas Seed 2024 List – Seed Investors Ranked

Midas | 06.04.2024

The Companies Driving The 2024 Midas List: Rising Valuations In 2023 Helped Drive Performance

Midas | 06.04.2024

Venture Capital’s Up-And-Comers: The 2024 Brink List

Midas | 06.04.2024

How The Midas List 2024 Was Created: The Data Behind The Top VCs

Midas | 06.04.2024

The Midas List 2024

News | 05.15.2024

TrueBridge Capital Partners Raises $1.6 Billion Across Five Venture Capital Investment Vehicles

Midas | 12.01.2023

Midas List Europe 2023 Investors: Back To Basics

Midas | 12.01.2023

Top Companies Driving The 2023 Midas List Europe

Midas | 12.01.2023

The Midas List Europe 2023

Midas | 12.01.2023

The Midas List Europe 2023: The Methodology Behind The List

NextBill | 08.15.2023

Trends From This Year’s Next Billion-Dollar Startups List

NextBill | 08.15.2023

How Four Alumni Of The Next Billion-Dollar Startups List Soared Past The $1 Billion Mark

NextBill | 08.15.2023

Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2023

Midas | 05.10.2023

Top 10 Companies Behind The 2023 Midas List: In A Year Of Few Exits, Prior Bets Drive Performance

Midas | 05.10.2023

The 2023 Midas Brink List: Venture’s Up-And-Coming Investors Shine In A Tough Environment

Midas | 05.10.2023

Midas Seed List 2023: The Earliest Venture Capital Backers In Today’s Tech Icons

Midas | 05.10.2023

Methodology Behind The Forbes Midas List 2023: How The Data Drives The Rankings

Midas | 05.10.2023

The Midas List 2023

Column | 03.02.2023

2023 Women’s History Month Digest

Insights & Reports | 03.02.2023

2023 State of the VC Industry

Midas | 12.08.2022

Midas List Europe 2022 Trendsetters: The Early Movers Across Europe’s High-Growth Industries

Midas | 12.08.2022

Midas List Europe: The Methodology

Midas | 12.08.2022

Top Companies Driving The 2022 Midas List Europe

Insights & Reports | 09.07.2022

Blockchain Resources

NextBill | 08.18.2022

2022 Next Billion-Dollar Startups: Despite Market Turmoil, Technology Gains Persist

NextBill | 08.18.2022

Next Billion-Dollar Startups: Why These Alumni Are Thriving

Insights & Reports | 07.07.2022

2022 State of the Venture Capital Industry

Midas | 04.12.2022

Newcomers To The Midas List 2022: Backing What’s Trending At Home And Abroad

Midas | 04.12.2022

Top 10 Companies Behind The Midas List 2022: Veterans And Public Companies Dominate

Midas | 04.12.2022

Trendsetters On The Midas List 2022: Tech’s First Movers

Midas | 04.12.2022

The Midas List 2022: Return Of The Top Female Investors

Midas | 04.12.2022

The Midas Brink List: Meet Venture Capital’s Rising Stars For 2022

News | 01.31.2022

TrueBridge Capital Partners Raises $750 Million for Seventh Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds

Midas | 12.09.2021

The Midas List Europe 2021

Midas | 12.09.2021

Top Companies Driving The 2021 Midas List Europe

Midas | 12.09.2021

Midas List Europe Trendsetters In 2021: Early Bets In Digital Transformation Fueled Investors’ Success

NextBill | 10.15.2021

Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2021

NextBill | 10.15.2021

Next Billion-Dollar Startups: Digital Transformation Is Here To Stay

NextBill | 10.15.2021

Next Billion-Dollar Startups Graduates: Consumer Staples Edition

PR Newswire | 09.13.2021

TrueBridge Capital Partners Raises $170 Million for Seed & Micro-VC Fund I

Column | 04.16.2021

State Of VC 2021

Midas | 04.13.2021

Top 10 Companies Behind The 2021 Midas List: Newcomers And IPOs Dominate

Midas | 04.13.2021

Midas List Trendsetters In 2021: The First Investors In Tech’s New Frontiers

Midas | 04.13.2021

Midas List 2021 Newcomers

Midas | 04.13.2021

Female Investors Shine On 2021 Midas List Despite Difficult Year

Midas | 04.13.2021

The Midas Brink List: Meet Venture Capital’s Up-And-Comers For 2021

Insights & Reports | 04.09.2021

State of the Venture Capital Industry

Column | 03.08.2021

TrueBridge Digest: Women’s History Month

Midas | 12.15.2020

Top Companies Behind The Midas List Europe 2020

Column | 10.12.2020

TrueBridge Digest: Back To Work (Vol. 5)

PR Newswire | 07.13.2020

TrueBridge Capital Partners Raises $600 Million for Sixth Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds

News | 06.09.2020

We Stand in Solidarity Against Racism

NextBill | 05.28.2020

Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2020

NextBill | 05.28.2020

A New Wave Of Disruptors Joins The Next Billion-Dollar Startups List

Midas | 04.14.2020

The 2020 Midas Brink List: Meet Venture Capital’s Up-And-Comers

Midas | 04.14.2020

Newcomers To The 2020 Midas List

Midas | 04.14.2020

The Midas List 2020

Midas | 04.14.2020

The Top 10 Companies Behind The 2020 Midas List: Uber, Ant Financial And The Breakouts That Helped Investors Make The Cut

News | 04.02.2020

TrueBridge Capital Partners Raises $190 Million for Second Direct Fund

Insights & Reports | 03.30.2020

2020 State of the Venture Capital Industry

Column | 02.18.2020

The Digital Economy Is The API Economy – And Kong Is King

Midas | 12.02.2019

Top Companies Behind the Midas List Europe 2019

NextBill | 07.16.2019

3 Major Industries And Their Next-Gen Disruptors (2019)

NextBill | 07.16.2019

The Next Billion Dollar Startups: Where Are They Now? (Exit Edition)

NextBill | 07.16.2019

Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2019

Column | 05.15.2019

What’s Behind China’s Tech Rise, And What Are The Risks?

Midas | 04.02.2019

Newcomers To The 2019 Midas List: Who Cracked The Ranks Of Best VCs In The World

Midas | 04.02.2019

The 2019 Midas Brink List: Meet Venture Capital’s Up-And-Comers

Midas | 04.02.2019

Top 10 Companies Behind The 2019 Midas List: Exits And Unicorns That Helped Their Investors The Most

Column | 03.28.2019

Top 4 Reasons Franchises Are The MVP Of Esports

Column | 03.22.2019

TrueBridge Digest: Women’s History Month (Vol. 4)

Midas | 11.05.2018

Top Companies Behind The Midas List Europe 2018

NextBill | 10.17.2018

3 Major Industries And Their Next-Gen Disruptors

NextBill | 10.15.2018

The Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2018

Column | 09.26.2018

TrueBridge Digest: Stay Informed & Entertained (Vol. 3)

Insights & Reports | 07.10.2018

Venture Capital Was Full Steam Ahead in 2017. Will It Keep Up The Pace?

Column | 06.13.2018

Decoding The Blockchain

Column | 04.26.2018

TrueBridge Digest: Stay Informed & Entertained (Vol. 2)

Midas | 04.11.2018

The 2018 Midas Brink List: Meet Venture Capital’s Up-And-Comers

Midas | 04.03.2018

Newcomers To The 2018 Midas List: Who Cracked The Ranks Of Best VCs In The World

Midas | 04.03.2018

Top 10 Companies Behind The 2018 Midas List: Exits And Unicorns That Helped Their Investors The Most

Column | 03.21.2018

TrueBridge Digest: Stay Informed & Entertained (Vol. 1)

Column | 03.14.2018

Putting Her First: Two Startups’ Approach to Serving the Underserved

News | 01.30.2018

TrueBridge Capital Closes Fifth Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds at $450 Million Hard Cap

Column | 12.13.2017

Key Seed Investing Trends of 2017

Midas | 11.06.2017

Top Companies Behind The 2017 Midas List Europe

Column | 09.27.2017

5 Major Industries And Their Next-Gen Disruptors

NextBill | 09.27.2017

The Next Billion Dollar Startups: Where Are They Now? (Volume 2)

NextBill | 09.26.2017

The Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2017

Column | 09.07.2017

The Soldier Founder: A Look At The Israel Defense Forces’ Perfected Recipe for Leadership

Column | 06.26.2017

In The Enterprise, Customer Experience Starts With Social

Insights & Reports | 05.15.2017

2016: An Uncertain But Compelling Year For Venture Capital

Column | 04.24.2017

How Better Mortgage is Giving Control Back to Homebuyers

Nasdaq | 04.20.2017

The 2017 Forbes Midas List Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Midas | 04.18.2017

Midas Brink List Lookback — Where Are They Now?

Midas | 04.18.2017

Newcomers To The 2017 Midas List

Midas | 04.18.2017

The 2017 Midas Brink List

Midas | 04.18.2017

Top 10 Companies Behind The 2017 Midas List

News | 02.22.2017

TrueBridge Capital Closes First Direct Investment Fund Above $100 Million Target

Column | 12.22.2016

In A Swirl Of Healthcare Talk, Parasail Health Puts Patients Front And Center

NextBill | 10.19.2016

Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2016

Column | 10.07.2016

What Top VCs Look For In Startups Today

Column | 09.07.2016

Update: Orchard Platform Is Disrupting Financial Services From The Inside Out

Column | 08.10.2016

The Gig Is Up: The Real Value Of Gig Economy Startups Isn’t The Model — It’s The Supply

Column | 07.19.2016

A New Dawn For Tech IPOs [Video]?

Column | 07.15.2016

Just How Frothy Was Venture Capital In 2015 [Video]?

Insights & Reports | 07.14.2016

State Of The VC Industry: A Tale Of Two Stories

News | 07.14.2016

Edwin Poston Speaks At PreMoney SF 2016

Column | 05.06.2016

How Satellite And Imaging Technologies Are Changing The World As We Know It (Part 1)

Column | 05.06.2016

How Satellite And Imaging Technologies Are Changing The World As We Know It (Part 2)

Fox Business | 04.07.2016

The Next Silicon Valley…

Midas | 03.23.2016

2016 Midas Newcomers: The Latest VCs To Strike Gold In Tech

Midas | 03.23.2016

The 2016 Midas Brink List

Midas | 03.23.2016

The Top 10 Companies Driving The 2016 Midas List

News | 01.13.2016

TrueBridge Capital Closes Fourth Venture Capital Fund-Of-Funds After Again Reaching $400 Million Hard Cap

Column | 11.05.2015

How VCs Are Cracking The Code On Millennials

NextBill | 10.19.2015

The Next Billion Dollar Companies — Where Are They Now?

Insights & Reports | 07.14.2015

The State Of The Venture Capital Industry Is Strong

Column | 07.13.2015

What Does It Take To Be A Venture Capitalist?

NextBill | 04.15.2015

The Investors Behind The Next Billion Dollar Startups

NextBill | 04.15.2015

Why The ‘Next Billion Dollar Startup’ Is Not Always The ‘Next IPO’

Column | 04.15.2015

4 Big Industries And Their Next Generation Tech Disruptors

NextBill | 04.15.2015

The Next Billion-Dollar Startups

Midas | 03.27.2015

The Midas List Over The Years: A 5-Year Look Back

Midas | 03.27.2015

8 Up-And-Coming Midas List Firms

Midas | 03.26.2015

The 2015 Midas Brink List

Midas | 03.26.2015

The Top Life Science Investors Of The 2015 Midas List

Midas | 03.25.2015

5 Biggest Movers Up The 2015 Midas List

Midas | 03.25.2015

New Names On The 2015 Midas List

NextBill | 03.09.2015

Too Many Unicorns? Why Billion-Dollar Startups Still Charm Us Today

Column | 01.29.2015

Has China Tech Finally Arrived? We Say ‘Yes.’

Column | 01.05.2015

On The Road To Economic Recovery, FinTech Races On While Banks Sleep At The Wheel

Column | 11.21.2014

It’s Time To Put Your Data Center On Autopilot

Fox Business | 10.30.2014

What We Can Learn From VC ‘Unicorns’ [Video with Edwin Poston]

Insights & Reports | 10.16.2014

Is The Venture Industry Shrinking?

News | 10.11.2014

A Private Word With Mel Williams

Column | 09.24.2014

Why Startups Are The New Super Heroes Of Cyber Security

News | 09.10.2014

TrueBridge Capital Partners Closes Third Fund at $400 Million Hard Cap

Wall Street Journal | 09.10.2014

TrueBridge Raises $408M for Fund of Funds, Foresees Seed Shakeout

Column | 08.27.2014

ClearSlide Targets Big Data Opportunity In Sales Analytics

Fox Business | 07.23.2014

Venture Capital: Where Is The Money Going? [Video with Edwin Poston]

Column | 05.27.2014

Software Continues To Eat The World, But What’s Eating At Software?

Emory Alumni Association | 05.10.2014

Innovation Comes From Venture: Profile of Edwin Poston by the Emory Alumni Association

Column | 05.09.2014

In India, Timing And Manager Selection Are Critical To PE Investing Success

New Republic | 04.28.2014

Who’s To Blame For The Tech Bubble? Silicon Valley Insiders.

Midas | 03.27.2014

More Midas Deals Found In Unexpected Places

Midas | 03.26.2014

The 2014 Midas List: Fewer New Names And More Explosive Exits

Midas | 03.26.2014

The 2014 Midas List: What It Takes To Make Midas Today

Midas | 03.26.2014

The 2014 Midas List: More Liberal Arts-Trained Tech Investors Than You Might Expect

Midas | 03.25.2014

The 2014 Midas Brink List

Column | 02.20.2014

Business Freemium And The Consumerization Of The Enterprise

Bloomberg | 12.20.2013

Billion-Dollar Gains Reach 10 Venture Firms on IPO Boom

Column | 12.17.2013

The Rise Of Mobile Enterprise And The Myths Of BYOD

Column | 10.22.2013

Software Revolution, Part IV: Computing in a Mobile World

Column | 10.02.2013

Software Revolution, Part III: Delivering Software-as-a-Service

Column | 09.25.2013

Software Revolution, Part II: The Shift to Cloud Computing

TechCrunch | 09.12.2013

Insightly Raises $10M For CRM Service Wrapped In An Email App

Column | 05.09.2013

Top Life Science Investors Of 2013

Midas | 05.09.2013

Geography Of The 2013 Midas List

Midas | 05.09.2013

The Education Of Venture Capitalists: Midas List 2013 Edition

Midas | 05.08.2013

Top Firms Of The 2013 Midas List

Midas | 05.08.2013

Midas List By The Numbers: 2013 Edition

Midas | 05.08.2013

New Names On The 2013 Midas List

Column | 05.08.2013

Top Women In Venture Capital

Midas | 05.08.2013

Top 20 Companies Of The 2013 Midas List

Midas | 05.07.2013

The 2013 Midas List: Hot Prospects

Column | 01.30.2013

VC Columns You Should Follow (and Why): Mark Suster

Column | 01.09.2013

VC Columns You Should Follow (and Why): Ben Horowitz

Column | 12.18.2012

VC Columns You Should Follow (and Why): Fred Wilson

Column | 11.28.2012

VC Columns You Should Follow (and Why): Bill Gurley

Forbes | 10.25.2012

Message To Venture Capital: Keep Shrinking

Insights & Reports | 07.25.2012

State of the VC Industry

Column | 06.20.2012

The Opsware Mafia

News | 05.09.2012

TrueBridge Capital’s Poston Predicts Continued Consolidation in Venture Industry

Column | 04.25.2012

An Interview with OATV’s Mark Jacobsen

Column | 04.03.2012

Is the IPO Market Over-Heating or Just Thawing?

News | 01.12.2012

TrueBridge Capital Partners Closes Second Fund at $342M

Wall Street Journal | 07.08.2011

As Web IPOs Hit, Few Share the Spoils

Column | 04.06.2011

Elite 8: Who to Watch for in Venture Capital

Wall Street Journal | 01.20.2011

Local Venture Funds Hold Up

News | 09.24.2010

Care needed but ‘model works’

News | 05.01.2010

Health-Care Reform: Novice GPs Need Not Apply

News | 10.21.2009

TrueBridge Repeats Kauffman-Linked Play

News | 09.17.2009

VCs, LPs Debate Shrinking Industry and Lure of Reputation

News | 07.21.2008

Nina Lesavoy Talks PE Fundraising