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by morgante 3682 days ago
> People who are downvoting are trying to hide the truth of the market, whether it's a bubble or not, this is the source of the money and in turn, your livelihood ;)

You are getting downvoted because while your point about money coming easily might be correct, your link for where money comes from directly contradicts your point.

VC LPs are overwhelmingly people who (a) have a financial incentive to see good returns and (b) are qualified investors. They include family offices, mutual funds, and sovereign wealth funds.

A big part of the latest outsized valuations are actually startups which route around VCs by directly taking investments from so-called "dumb money"—investors who might actually be pretty good at managing a basket of investments, but are not qualified or experienced enough to directly established suitable valuations for startups.