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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

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Seed and pre-Seed investment levels and valuations remain healthy, there’s more talent in the market and less competition. From a technology point of view, new tech tools like generative AI means that tasks can be accomplished with fewer resources and at a higher speed.

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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

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Everyone moved to earlier stage – part of the decline in late stage investing is the ‘baggage’ of companies that previously raised money at inflated valuations that they would struggle to justify in today’s market. That’s yet another reason for micro funds to move earlier in the fundraising timeline.

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2023 Global Venture Reports were Gloomy, but there are reasons to be optimistic

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That’s the case for most companies that are already in the market, especially if they raised funding at imaginary valuations before. Dealroom global tech report ( source ) As a result, 2023 has also seen a 43% decline in mega rounds of over $100M, though they still exist. Generative AI is game changer.