VC funding slowdown continues with April dip, why startup M&A may face a reset, and more - May 6, 2022

May 6, 2022 [Global VC funding dipped in April, but it wasn’t a nosedive]( Global venture funding totaled $47 billion in April 2022—the lowest amount invested in private companies in the past 12 months—based on an analysis of Crunchbase data. While the dip isn’t massive, it does signal that the slowdown we saw in the first quarter of this year is the start of a longer-term shift in funding, particularly at late stage. [Big deals are happening, but startup M&A may face a reset]( With the IPO market in deep-freeze and tech valuations seeing their sharpest downward revisions in years, can we expect M&A to slow down? Likely not. We dig into the data. [Major players put up $1.7B to support Musk’s Twitter bid]( Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz have chipped in to support Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter, according to an amended filing with the SEC. Other buzzy investors included crypto exchange Binance and asset management firm Fidelity. [Healthcare BNPL startup Walnut scores $110M Series A]( Buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Walnut closed a $110 million Series A led by Gradient Ventures. Startups in the BNPL space have garnered significant interest from investors. Venture-backed companies in the BNPL space raised more than $4 billion in 2021, according to Crunchbase data. [Shopify buys Deliverr as supply chain sector raises record dollars]( E-commerce software company Shopify plans to buying logistics and fulfillment unicorn Deliverr for $2.1 billion, marking its largest acquisition yet. All told, venture-backed supply chain management companies raised a record $11.3 billion worldwide last year, according to Crunchbase data—nearly double the figure from 2020. [The most active US market investors in April]( Although six venture firms had deal totals that hit double digits in April, that number is down from a dozen just two months ago. 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