Meme - That dry powder came in handy after all

Sweet not sour

Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?

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Growth per second

Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?

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GIF - That Blackstone deal will set temperatures rising

Climate Control

Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?

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Meme - Yikes, I wasn’t expecting the temperature to be that low!!

Cool Britannia

Britain’s VC landscape was more akin to a frozen tundra in Q3 this year, as the number of deals plunged to levels not seen since 2016.Investors, it seems, are wrapping up warm to insulate themselves from a potential recession and choosing to refrain from committing to deals that could face icy headwinds in the near term. KPMG’s Q3 Venture Pulse Report found that 575 VC deals were completed in Q3, down from 865 deals completed in Q2. Deal value dropped from £8 billion to £4 billion; enough to send a shiver down the spine of any budding entrepreneur. The question now is: Will this be a short cold snap or a new Ice Age?

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Meme - I knew that seed investment would come good!

VC FC

Football players may not be the most obvious investors that spring to mind but the current generation is changing all that, as they seek out VC investments beyond the football pitch.And prove that beyond the on-field histrionics, some of them really are Angels. Former footballers such as French international Olivier Dacourt are turning the tables by investing in Revyze, dubbed the TikTok of education, with Rio Ferdinand and Gerard Pique also building significant post-career wealth backing NFT trading card game Sorare. Chris Smalling and Mario Gotze, both still active footballers, are rising to prominence in the investment world too as they seek to become pitch-perfect. This new era of footballers-cum-investors is hardly likely to have professional investors shaking in their boots. But substituting one pitch for another looks to be gathering momentum.

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