Writing on venture has been a pretty boring affair over the last few years. For the most part, the story was pretty much the same: that both funding amount and volume continue to fall, touching new lows. The headline numbers remained pretty gloomy, until AI finally breathed some life into deal activity. Both Pitchbook and CB Insights released their datasets, showing investment edged up slightly. According to Pitchbook-NVCA venture monitor, global funding finally bounced back in 2024, inchin...