A tale of two markets
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7 min readMay 17, 2020
The venture ecosystem blossomed the last 10 years coming out of the Great Recession. More startups, more funds, more capital!
Then, COVID hit. We saw a dramatic pullback in VC sentiment and activity.
As the marketplace picks back up, not all VCs and the startups they fund will emerge in the same form as before. Blue-chip funds with institutional backing will feel stable and ready to resume business as usual. Younger and smaller funds stand on shaky ground.