Is it just me or is everyone antsy and nervous about the general climate

Does anyone else feel like everyone at their fund is nervous about the state of the industry, fundraising, lack of deals, implications for promotion and everything else

A lot of funds have been quietly trimming their teams but for whatever reason there’s not as many notes or threads on WSO

Also the recent fundraising failures have also gone under the radar pretty quickly

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If you weren't paying for overvalue assets in the last few years and now the market is slow af what % deployed is your prior fund?

 

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