This post merely highlights an important fact many entrepreneurs who are looking to raise capital ignore: you're not in control of your own destiny. If you can't move forward in building your business without investor money, you're forced to spend more time and energy on the fundraising game than product, sales, marketing, and business development.
The data presented here may or may not be accurate or interesting, and the conclusions drawn from it may or may not be valid, but regardless, worrying more about the state of VC firms than your own company is a losing proposition.
...but regardless, worrying more about the state of VC firms than your own company is a losing proposition.
This, a thousand times this. I know I've ranted about this a lot lately, but I think (some|many|most) entrepreneurs would be better served to focus on how to get customers and fund their companies through organic revenue growth, rather than climbing on the "funding merry-go-round" right away.
The data presented here may or may not be accurate or interesting, and the conclusions drawn from it may or may not be valid, but regardless, worrying more about the state of VC firms than your own company is a losing proposition.