Venture Capital Industry and Private Equity Markets.

The
recent economic environment for venture and private equity investing has
changed dramatically over the last 24 months:
·
Inflation has increased
dramatically although a bit attenuated.
·
Continued worries of a
new recession hover.
·
Interest rates have
risen commensurate with inflation.
·
Stock market prices
continue to increase in spite of the news above
·
And last year, Silicon
Valley Bank collapsed and been taken over by the FDIC. And trading halted on
several west coast regional banks. Note that SVB is probably the most prominent
bank serving the VC ecosystem to both portfolio companies and limited partners.

·
Venture capital and
private equity investments by VC and PE general partners.
·
VC portfolio companies’
ability to thrive or survive (or not). And how does these factors impact both
successful or impaired companies? How will the impact be different for private
equity portfolio companies versus their PE counterparts