| Hi, Agen. Seed funding held up much better than other stages of venture investment during the downturn of the past two years, Crunchbase data shows. Today, we look at why the relative strength in the funding environment for the smallest startups matters, and what to expect in 2024. Plus, travel startup funding could be perking up again, if recent big deals are any indication. Despite a broad pullback in global startup investment over the past two years, investors say the U.S. seed funding environment was the most vibrant compared to other funding stages during the downturn. We talk to active seed investors about what they’re backing and what’s happening with deal sizes and valuations in 2024. Recent large funding deals to travel-related startups — including a recent $104 million investment in business travel management platform TravelPerk — plus Navan’s potential IPO all point in a positive direction for companies in the space. Related Crunchbase Pro list: Travel-Related Startup Funding, 2023-Present Tel Aviv-based identity security startup Silverfort has raised a $116 million Series D led by Brighton Park Capital. The company attempts to provide identity protection with a single layer that operates on top of all the distributed environments of the enterprise. Related Crunchbase Pro lists: • Funding To Israel-Based, VC-Backed Startups • Cybersecurity Funding From Meta’s ill-fated purchase of Giphy to Shopify’s Deliverr buy, we scanned the largest purchases of venture-backed companies in the past four years and found some that haven’t exactly worked out as hoped. | 
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