There is still capital to be deployed in categories that interested investors before the pandemic, which may set the new order in a post-COVID-19 world.

Some epidemiologists have estimated that COVID-19 cases will peak in April, but PitchBook reports that dealmaking was down -26% in March, compared to February’s weekly average. The decline is likely to continue in coming weeks — many of the deals that closed last month were initiated before the pandemic, and there is a lag between when deals are made and when they are announced.

In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rocio Wu explores how the rapidly unfolding situation may affect prevailing investment trends for TechCrunch.

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