When the economic tide goes out

Published: Aug. 11, 2021, 2 p.m.

b"This week we were back to full strength, with Danny Natasha\\xa0and\\xa0Alex joined by\\xa0Chris to chat through the latest venture capital brouhaha. Namely whether or not venture capital is about to get shaken to its core, or if we're really parsing some long-term economic trends that will eventually revert.\\n\\nHere's a rundown:\\n\\nSam Lessin kicked off the Twitter conversation by positing that venture capital as we know it is kaput, with software and later-stage investing possibly seeing the most disruption.\\nBoth Alex and Crunchbase News posted responses to the concept, which could best be summarized as\\xa0yeah, but.\\nHowever, the point that there\\xa0is a lot of non-venture money flooding into startups is both real and material, and worth chewing on. So, masticate we did, parsing which areas of startup investing might be the most winsome for the VCs we spend so very much time talking to,"