A slowdown in VC deal activity, which started in late 2022, has continued into the first quarter of this year, accounting and advisory firm EisnerAmper wrote in an analysis published on June 16.You've heard this story before: inflation, interest rate uncertainty, and low M&A volume are having chilling effects on the investing environment.Venture capital has cyclical fluctuations, but Scott Stanford, a cofounder and partner at ACME Capital, an early-stage VC firm, thinks something more meaningful...