The Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies 2025

The Financial Times’ sixth annual ranking of the fastest-growing companies in the Americas covers a period that included the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdown and the end of rock-bottom interest rates. Based on disclosed revenue growth between 2020 and 2023, the median revenue of the ranked companies was $20.1mn, slightly lower than the $20.5mn in the 2024 … Read more

How Minecraft conquered the world

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. While A Minecraft Movie was being filmed, the producers set up a series of private servers for cast and crew to play Minecraft during the shoot. The most dedicated player by far was Jack Black, … Read more

Google DeepMind’s drug discovery spin-off Isomorphic Labs raises $600mn

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Isomorphic Labs, the drug discovery start-up spun out of Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence unit, has raised $600mn in its first external funding round, as investors bet on the potential for AI to “solve disease”. The … Read more

Andreessen Horowitz could join bid to buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners

This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning and welcome back to FirstFT Asia. In today’s newsletter: Andreessen Horowitz could join US TikTok bid China’s latest … Read more