Getting funding isn't a lottery, in which everyone's odds are the same. The funding you receive and the terms of that funding are related to the current market and how good your business/idea is.
When times are tough, VCs are still investing, but they're only investing in better ideas, more likely successes. Why take a chance on your long shot when a government bond is a sure thing at a reasonable percentage?
We should expect that those companies that got funding during a downtime are better companies based on the fact that they got funding at all.
Getting funding isn't a lottery, in which everyone's odds are the same. The funding you receive and the terms of that funding are related to the current market and how good your business/idea is.
When times are tough, VCs are still investing, but they're only investing in better ideas, more likely successes. Why take a chance on your long shot when a government bond is a sure thing at a reasonable percentage?
We should expect that those companies that got funding during a downtime are better companies based on the fact that they got funding at all.