Venture Capital
Tech Startup Market Sinks to Lowest Point in Three Years
Concerned venture capitalists sit out the stock market’s Trump bump.
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The post-election rally that’s lifting U.S. public markets has left at least one group by the wayside: private technology startups.
Since last year’s peak in mid-December, startup deal-making has fallen 37 percent, according to the Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer, which tracks fundraising, initial public offerings and acquisitions. The index is at its lowest point since April 2014.