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As hope for a quick end to the war in the Ukraine has sadly evap­o­rated, and the pro­found and dam­ag­ing impacts on many lev­els are being digested by investors, there has been a flurry of fore­bod­ing and warn­ings in the startup/venture cap­i­tal space. There can also be no doubt that in light of the mount­ing direct effects and deriv­a­tive effects of this war, includ­ing of course an increase in investor risk-aver­sion, pru­dence and cau­tion are replac­ing risk and bold­ness as the memes that are cur­rently shap­ing our ecosys­tem.  Indeed many of the most recent sta­tis­tics show that a slow­down in deal activ­ity is arriving.