It's also worth making one of the key assumptions of the post explicit.
the author says
If the funding platforms cannot attract the best deals, then investors will not make any money.
the key assumption that's baked into that statement is that everyone universally recognizes the 'best deals'. Of course that's not certain. The wisdom of the crowd may be better than VCs at recognizing the 'best deals'. I can easily imagine 'best deals' that the crowd identifies that VCs wouldn't fund.
It's also worth making one of the key assumptions of the post explicit.
the author says
If the funding platforms cannot attract the best deals, then investors will not make any money.
the key assumption that's baked into that statement is that everyone universally recognizes the 'best deals'. Of course that's not certain. The wisdom of the crowd may be better than VCs at recognizing the 'best deals'. I can easily imagine 'best deals' that the crowd identifies that VCs wouldn't fund.