Nonetheless, analyst Kurt Walden welcomes a return to rational investment. Business creativity is not being stifled today, he insists, it is just more disciplined. 
“Venture capital firms have plenty of money left to invest, but they are doing it more cautiously, only the very, very best companies, the ones with the highest possible potential– are getting additional funding from venture capital firms.” 
Mr. Walden says the United States still leads the world in venture capital, with more than five times as much investment money available to new businesses as the United Kingdom, which ranks second.