Flat and down rounds have hit a decade high, according to new PitchBook data

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I’m confident everyone reading this has, at some point, been on a date. 

And you know how you can have dinner, kiss on a street corner—and then the other person doesn’t call for three months? Or when an ex reaches out after an acrimonious breakup? In girl talk terms, this is a mixed signal. And I feel like the venture market is giving us all mixed signals.