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In 2018, startups received a new record $130.9 billion of funding, across a total of 8,949 deals. In 2017, there was only $83.0 billion of deal funding, with numbers as low as $27.2 billion in 2009. But is this golden age of tech startups going to last for years to come, or is it already approaching the beginning of the end? Here are some threats that could jeopardize the health of our startup tech marketplace, including a looming recession.