“Innovation of 2022 “Capital market” is a misnomer, as each passing quarter seems to bring a new normal for startup investments. The quarterly rate of change in which investors provide capital is making the full-year numbers misleading.
The change in 2022, in other words, can sometimes hide how much things have been improving recently. January and February feel like years ago at launch, not just a few quarters ago.
Such is the situation in the early stage venture capital market in the United States. PitchBook data paints two perspectives on what’s happening to young startups today. The first When 2022 closes in less than three months, it will be the second richest early stage startup investment period in history. That’s good and, we guess, welcome news for founders.
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At the same time, however, we are also seeing an early-stage market in a pullback, with consecutive quarterly declines. If our goal is to rank, or at least understand, the current startup investment climate, is it really important to look at Q3 2022 data for venture capital for similar year-over-year data?
