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Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer

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Re: Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer

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What events correspond to the recent peaks in the chart? It looks like the VC world was spooked around the start of December and nothing has changed its mind ever since. Given these are startups, I would expect much of the information to be private, but it seems highly unlikely this is a complete black box. Edit: The comments below raise good possibilities. My own (very naïve) research yielded that there was a sharp…

The market started to rip in November. Easier returns elsewhere?

Re: Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer

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post #7

What events correspond to the recent peaks in the chart? It looks like the VC world was spooked around the start of December and nothing has changed its mind ever since. Given these are startups, I would expect much of the information to be private, but it seems highly unlikely this is a complete black box. Edit: The comments below raise good possibilities. My own (very naïve) research yielded that there was a sharp…

The chart corresponds pretty well with all the high profile exits over the last year (most of them now trading lower than what the last few rounds valued them at).

Re: Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer

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post #7

What events correspond to the recent peaks in the chart? It looks like the VC world was spooked around the start of December and nothing has changed its mind ever since. Given these are startups, I would expect much of the information to be private, but it seems highly unlikely this is a complete black box. Edit: The comments below raise good possibilities. My own (very naïve) research yielded that there was a sharp…

Also WeWork's very public IPO failure and SoftBank woes in general.

Re: Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer

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Vision Fund 1 from Softbank is at the end of it's lifecycle, now they still try to raise for Vision Fund 2. You spend much more in the early phases of a fund, so it's big enough to make all the difference here.

Re: Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer

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post #6

I'm pretty sure the market is turning. I'm seeing more stories on TC about companies shutting down than starting up. Rich people are starting to hold their cash in anticipation of a market dropout so they have reserves to buy up cheap assets.

The black swan event has arrived

But delayed is the feel

Like a slowly approaching tsunami

Distant is the crest

Thinking it may stop

Until the destruction becomes real.

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