Venture funding of startup companies has surged during the last seven years and is now back to pre-recession levels.

Yet with the public markets in turmoil and $1 billion “unicorn” companies holding off on IPOs, it’s hard to know what will happen to venture capital in the year ahead.

For one, the sentiment is changing: 82 percent of venture capitalists surveyed by Upfront Ventures used the word “caution” or “concern” to describe the current mindset.

There’s a shift from greed to fear. The FOMO that once drove investors to pile into hot new companies is gone and it’s not longer growth read more >>>

Source : BusinessInsider.Com