You must be living in a different economy than the rest of us. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) has returned 31.5% between 2021 and 2024.. And that is the average of the DJones, great companies gained more. This had nothing to do with the economy, it had everything to do with mismanagement on the part of management.
Venture capital (VC) investment in 2022 declined from 2021’s record-setting pace, it still surpassed the $200 billion mark. Venture capital pulled back, primarily because we stopped the free flow of deficit spending. We ran 7.8 trillion in deficits between 2016 and 2019, when the flow of money ended in 2021, and we began the painful journey back to some kind of fiscal sanity the risk factor became an issue. Venture Capital becomes selective. when we're not on a deficit "high".
Investment dollars are available for companies with real prospects, this one was mismanaged. That has nothing to do with the economy.