Analysis

May 16, 2023

Startup valuations continue to plummet in 2023

A new PitchBook report shows that late-stage startups have suffered the most

Kabir Agarwal

3 min read

If you were hoping (against hope) that the doom and gloom of 2022 would recede into the background in 2023, well, it hasn't happened yet. The first quarter of 2023 saw European startup valuations remain flat and VC dealmaking slow down even further, according to a new report by PitchBook. 

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