Here's a big hairy recap of 2014 venture capital: http://blog.pitchbook.com/a-visual-breakdown-of-vc-in-2014/ http://blog.pitchbook.com/a-visual-breakdown-of-v

Here's a big hairy recap of 2014 venture capital: http://blog.pitchbook.com/a-visual-breakdown-of-vc-in-2014/ http://blog.pitchbook.com/a-visual-breakdown-of-vc-in-2014/ Nothing on here is alarming at all - look at fundraising, look at how much money was invested in venture companies, look at valuations, look at capital exited; all really healthy. Sure, maybe the "spray and pray" style of seed investment has stopped as VCs are pickier about early stage companies or prefer to focus on later stage companies with their portfolios, but that's not necessarily a terrifying sign of some big bubble popping. It might be harder for a business plan and a website to get a few hundred thousand dollars circa 1998, but a lot of promising companies are still getting the money they need to grow.