While I believe that it is getting harder to raise pre-seed and seed money, I also see many initiatives to lower the hurdle again. On the one hand, there are announcements like
https://www.spearhead.co that aim to empower business angels, on the other hand there are many student investment funds that close the pre-seed funding gap, at least for students. I think other initiatives will follow.
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