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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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Probably not and 10x (May 2022) seems more in line with the historical trend (actually 10x is still high). Across more than 10 years we have kept the size of our Seed investments between $2–3.5 In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal. discipline & focus. How Does the Industry Really Work? So it’s about 20%.

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

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The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry. Obviously the funding environment has changed considerably in 2022 but as early-stage investors our daily jobs stay largely unchanged.

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