# Startups Galore

By [AVC](https://paragraph.com/@avc-2) · 2021-10-25

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When you look at the recent Q3 numbers on seed and early-stage VC fundraising, you might think we are in the late stages of a VC bubble:

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/af6e5db9f6baf8e8305c0b8e810de7f61ebae5d865710459afed461fe981295b.png)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fc08af0d2f90bc2abd802cb8b689b90c35f156c1833cc7a001baf42a0cce7d77.png)

The words I would use to describe the current environment in early-stage VC are “fast and furious.”

And yet the thing that makes me think this could be the new normal and not the late stages of a bubble is the dramatic increase in the number of people who are choosing to work in or form new startups. It has never been easier to start a company, build a team, and build a product. And many people are choosing to do just that.

It could be that we are in an environment where too much money is chasing too many good deals.

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*Originally published on [AVC](https://paragraph.com/@avc-2/startups-galore)*