Should Venture Firms Slow Down?

Matt Murphy is open to venture firms slowing down, and he does not know that the market needs a lot of changes right now. Enough really strong mergers and acquisitions have already validated that some of the valuations, and the companies being backed, are going to have great outcomes.

He treats a weak acquisition market as the worry. Everybody would have chips back on the table and there would be no exits. The lack of exits is scary enough to raise whether firms should slow down. He is open to slowing down anyway.

Acquisitions have already taken some pressure off the release valve. Capital has gone back to LPs, and the returns are good.