It's far more difficult to run a successful SaaS business now... Way more competition executing at a higher level.

Maybe favor millennials because you are one. Pattern matching.

Gen Z

Ryan Breslow is getting older

It's less about super innovative out of the box stuff and more about offer a better version of something already out there?

The market is witnessing a shift of trust from traditional stock exchanges to digital currency markets.

Immutability itself is blockchain, which makes real-time auditing reasonable and cost-effective, which is why millennials believe crypto transactions are less likely to be manipulated.

Experience was always a benefit. There just weren't many experienced tech people 20 years ago.

The alpha is now on being initiated on tech that needs more education or academic preparation to start. It's hard to be exposed to nuclear fusion tech, aerodynamics simulations and ML without having done some basic research yourself.

My guess, required risk tolerance plus high-yield university pipelines concentrated VC $ on young demographic. VC $ then evolved to woo experienced operators with de-risked early stage deal structures to saturate the rest of the pool of founders.