Deal volume is way downIt’s no secret that venture capital investment had slowed down this year, and last week, we saw just by how much. \nYou spin me right round, baby, right round: Brian wonders, If you don\u2019t buy Jony Ive\u2019s $60,000 turntable, are you really a music fan?\nSure, that seems like a reasonable way to read a newspaper: Brian takes a look at a $3,000, 32-inch e-ink display that brings newspaper front pages to your wall. )\nWill Smith-backed US broker Public launches in the UK in first foray overseas\nStratyfy and Beneficial State Foundation partner to combat \u2018industry-wide\u2019 racial lending disparity\nProcurePay, an automated payments solution from Mesh Payments\nAlternative asset investment platform Yieldstreet announces new CEO as co-founder Michael Weisz takes over\nClear Street enters futures market via acquisition of React Consulting Services\nFundraising and M&A\nAs seen on TechCrunch\nQED leads $7M round into startup that offers financing to SaaS businesses across US-South Asia corridor\nMattilda grabs another $19M, this time to expand beyond Mexico\u2019s private schools\nPipe co-founder raises $6M for CapStack, a bank-to-bank marketplace aimed at \u2018de-riskifying portfolios\u2019\nSilo raises $32M to help food supply chain companies manage their finances\nDefacto gets new credit facility to provide instant financing to small companies\nJirav, a startup developing financial planning software for businesses, raises $20M\nCollective, a financial management platform for freelancers, raises $50M\nSolaris raises $42M at a flat $1