What we see today is appropriate level of investment: Ben Mathias

At a time when venture capital firms have been shying away from making investments due to various issues such as macroeconomic uncertainty, and business loss and declining valuations at companies, Ben Mathias, managing partner, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India, said that it is a great time for capital deployment. In a video interview with Peerzada Abrar, Mathias said there is a correction taking place in the ecosystem compared to three years ago when companies were given money unjustifiably. He said that the venture capital firm’s investment strategy is to avoid high-valuation companies. Edited excerpts:

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