Vying with other finalists in the Female Founders Competition, Vila presented a demo of her company’s software management tools and fielded questions from a venture capital firm led by philanthropist Melinda Gates using Microsoft Teams.

Email responses are slow to non-existent and deal flow has been quagmired,” Prashant Fonseka, a partner at San Francisco-based Tuesday Ventures said in an email.

A downturn now could be the first big test for many startups there.“All those entrepreneurs have started their businesses after the 2008 crisis, more or less, and have always seen a growth cycle; they’ve never had a big problem,” said Jean-David Chamboredon, chief executive officer of French venture capital firm Isai.

“Those who will be able to handle this crisis well, to show agility and the ability to navigate in the storm, will make it.

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