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Related to mindcrime's comment, with data points updated monthly, there is a lot of volatility in that graph and it's hard to draw conclusions. While having tha
by loganfrederick 14y ago
Related to mindcrime's comment, with data points updated monthly, there is a lot of volatility in that graph and it's hard to draw conclusions. While having that drastic a drop isn't inspiring news, it could be due to a number of factors. To her credit, Danielle does not add her own causation theories and merely quotes the NVCA's.
My point is that if next month jumps back to a number closer to recent trends, the last month could easily be an outlier.
Now, if there is a continued depressed trend in startup investments over the next six months, one could put forth a convincing case that new tax laws and problems in the Euro-zone (as NVCA suggests) are hurting startup investments.
- dmor 14y agoI absolutely agree, and hopefully there is a lag in investment reporting, but I find the fact that the NVCA issued this report to Reuters and it was picked up by the finance press by no one in tech strange as this is certainly of public interest to the startup community. I've attempted to present the information objectively.
- crapshoot101 14y agoIt is my impression that NVCA data is... ok at best; ie, there's many times that they don't pick up on stuff till months, maybes years later.