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I mean, yeah, look at the data: https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/21-charts-showing-current-trends-in-us-venture-capital https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/2

by dvt 7y ago

I mean, yeah, look at the data: https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/21-charts-showing-current-trends-in-us-venture-capital https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/21-charts-showing-curren... It's not really a secret that angel and seed funding has been steadily dropping since the mid-2010s. With that said, I think that @brenden2 is overvaluing funding. Most people around here build software -- which can be easily bootstrapped. For those in hardware/biotech/energy/etc. it's much harder to get out an MVP without funding.

bbrree66 7y ago
Dang now Harry dun looks like a straight up goooooof. Should have checked the data.
asah 7y ago
Do startups need as much capital early on?
harryh 7y ago
Ya, I believe 2014 was the peak when it comes to seed deals per year so fair, we are below peak. But there was a TREMENDOUS rise starting in about 2005 or so (a combination of coming out of the dotcom bust then the rise of mobile with iOS/Android). Overall I see the availability of seed funding as still quite high. Very much agree with your last point about overvaluing funding. It's never been easier to bootstrap something for a year or two. Get an actual product working, maybe have a few users, and then go for funding to scale up. We see this in the data too with median company ages at the time of seed funding rising.