If the start of 2015 was a wild party for venture capital, by many counts, the end was a massive hangover. For most of the year the deal environment was fast and furious, driven by VCs’ fear of missing out (“FOMO”), unusually high investing activity by non-traditional VC players, large late stage financings completed at even larger valuations, and an obsession with unicorn hunting—all until a headline-grabbing slowdown in the fourth quarter of 2015.
If the start of 2015 was a wild party for venture capital, by many counts, the end was a massive hangover. For most of the year the deal environment was fast and furious, driven by VCs’ fear of missing out (“FOMO”), unusually high investing activity by non-traditional VC players, large late stage financings completed at even larger valuations, and an obsession with unicorn hunting—all until a headline-grabbing slowdown in the fourth quarter of 2015.
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