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Despite $317B in VC dry powder ($$ to invest), the lack of recent exit activity makes it harder to invest more capital in startups with confidence. However, new investments today are most affected by exits in 7-10 years, not now. Psychology vs. Excel gap? The negative effect goes further, making it much harder for VCs to raise new capital for their funds. This is not ideal for niche (and much-needed) new VC investment strategies led by new funds. Tom Quigley, thanks for highlighting this data in the climate tech context in your Superorganism newsletter. And I love your all's focus as "the first venture capital firm dedicated to biodiversity." 👏 https://lnkd.in/eZXz_NyC
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4mo
This is an interesting problem. Thanks for sharing.
Ole Margraf
4mo
It's intriguing how numbers paint a different story than reality does. What solutions might help bridge that gap? Chris Wedding
Kevin Bailey
4mo
Really staggering numbers Chris Wedding.
Tom Quigley
4mo
Thanks Chris! There's a lot of crunch in the VC markets right now.
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4moAnyone have a hypothesis on how interest rates coming down will effect liquidity in the public markets for exits?