Chicken Little blog missives have inundated Medium’s site lamenting the stock market’s decline. Since joining ff Venture Capital’s partnership this summer, I’ve been awestruck by the level of optimism that permeates the organization. While others are now constricting their activities, ffVC is plowing ahead by closing its seventh fund and launching an eighth one for Ukrainian startups. Kicking off ffVC's second annual Drones & Robotics Summit last month in New York, Founding Partner John Frankel conveyed this enthusiasm to a packed house of 300 tech luminaries.