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by slap_shot 1517 days ago
> But I think, other than the onset of Covid, and the last 6 months, I haven't seen an overly negative messaging.

But that is exactly when they could and did do the messaging - if you were out there saying VC is drying up from July 2020 to December 2021 you would have looked like a moron; but the negative messaging was very apparent the months prior and after that window.

It is absolutely in investors interests to paint a narrative of economic downturn - they are bidding to buy something, and they want to buy it at the best price they do so.

I'm not saying that is unscrupulous - that's how dealmaking works, but it is very real.