A tale of two markets

Jackie DiMonte
Hyde Park Venture Partners
7 min readMay 17, 2020

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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.

A vibrant marketplace…

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Early stage venture investor at @chicagoventures. Formerly @hydeparkvp, #IoT at @silverspringnet, and #tech at @Accenture