VC Dealmaking Has Reached a Crescendo, But This Isn’t 1999 All Over Again

Cries are starting to abound that VC investments have reached a 1999-esque fever pitch, and the bottom is due to fall out soon. 

The pace of dealmaking is frenzied: The 61 percent year-over-year increase in funding for the first half of 2021 is a staggering leap, and the 136 new unicorns in the second quarter of this year are rightly raising eyebrows since the entirety of 2020 produced a mere 128. READ MORE