Inflation Is Eating Into Profits And Valuations
The fortunes of investors riding a 13-year bull market are being shattered by a dizzying reversal in technology-startup financing. The new climate has quickly brought high-flying businesses to a halt: layoffs, cautious investors, a fund outflow, and the threat of a valuation cut.
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The State Of Venture Capital
The landscape of venture capital (VC) has undergone significant changes in the past year. According to Kroll, the US currently has $300 billion of uninvested capital in VC funds.
Tech Is Freezing Hiring
For years, the tech sector has been rapidly expanding its workforce, but the cheap money that supported years of high-flying startups is now running out.
Venture Backed Startups Are Struggling
SoftBank Group and Tiger Global Management's subpar portfolio outcomes weights on technology companies and shows the excesses created by venture capital money as startups were forced to grow at any cost.