For the sixth consecutive year, investors, gathered up to generate the updated so-called "Midas List". Midas was an ancient King who was cursed, so that whatever he would touch would literally turn to gold. Back to the Midas list, it looks like this winter investment in new technology dropped by 15 % which marked a significant drop, due to all of the following factors:The Ukrainian war;The freezing of Intellectual Property and other assets; andThe Global Energy crisis. Cherry Ventures collected several factors to consider, regarding investment in technology & start-ups:Where and at what stage do you invest? How do you support companies?2Finally, a term which shouldn't go amiss is that of 'unicorn' companies.

Source: Forbes January 25, 2023 09:51 UTC