Is Venture Capital Slowing Down?
A quick look at the sudden decline in the numbers. Looking at the numbers from Q4 and Q1 to analyse if there is a shift or worse a slow down coming. What do you think?
Questions Covered in This Episode Include:
- In Q1, 4,822 VC deals were closed totalling $70.7 billion, which was far below the $90 billion of VC investment in Q4 2021. Are you seeing the trend too?
- Why do you think that’s happening?
- Are q2 numbers going to be alarming?
- Looks seed funding actually saw a boost of 14% while late stage funding is down by 19%. Is there a telling sign of something? Why do you think that has happened
- The big reason for these numbers have been low activity on mega deals. Do you think people are getting averse to bigger risks
- Overall why do you think 2022 will be still a good year for the VC industry/ better than few years
- “The value of technology stocks began to decline in late 2021, a slide that continued into 2022, leaving many tech shops trading at a stiff discount to their recent valuation highs.”- Do you think VCs love for tech will shift
- How are these dwindling numbers going to change the VC ecosystem-
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