US venture capitalists have never had so much spare cash

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You might think that the chatter in the startup world that venture capitalists are short on funds means that young tech companies are finding themselves marooned between stages, hitting up investors with smaller capital pools than prior backers and turning to equity Crowdfunding to keep their cash balances healthy.

While the pace of U.S. venture capital investment is slowing, American venture capitalists are sitting atop more investable capital than ever before.

Private-market investors are not struggling to raise even if their portfolio companies are in a very different situation because the pace at which venture investors are accretion funds is elevated compared to historical norms.

When so much capital has been raised by VCs, why are venture investments slow?

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