When the COVID-19 pandemic created more uncertainty than startup investors could handle, they took a break. But it didn’t last long. Brian Matthews, a founder and general partner of St. Louis-based venture capital firm Cultivation Capital, said after a few months of watching the market, the group decided to jump right back in to investing. Data suggest Cultivation Capital wasn’t the only firm to react this way. Despite the pandemic, 2020 brought more venture capital investment than 2019…
