VC industry - Statistics - US - 2011
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Robin Wauters is the European Editor of tech blog The Next Web and lead editor of Virtualization.com.
Report: Number Of VC Funds Raising Money At 16-Year Low (There's A But) | TechCrunch
Venture capital investments continued to grow at a rapid clip in the second quarter of 2011, with VC firms investing $7.5 billion across 966 deals, according to the latest MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA.)
VC funding for web reaches 10 year high — Tech News and Analysis
This Quarter in Venture Capital: Dealflow and Funding At Highest Level in 9 Quarters
The venture capital database CB Insights has just released its report of investment from the second quarter of 2011, and based on the deals it's tracked, venture capital funding is at a nine-quarter high - both in terms of the amount of funding and the number of deals. Compared to this time last year, deals are up 25% and funding up 29%.
Earlier this week figures from the latest MoneyTree report found that VC funding for web startups has reached a 10-year high. Contrast that with the latest funding figures from the Dow Jones VentureSource, out on Friday, which found that venture investment in the energy sector dropped by more than half.
As web VC investing booms, cleantech slows — Cleantech News and Analysis
M&A Activity Down 22 Percent in Q1, But IPOs And Acquisition Amounts On The Rise
DowJones Venture Source has released its quarterly data on venture-backed exists and its appears that M&A activity has dropped in Q1 2011 despite the momentum that venture-backed exits gained throughout 2010.
Erick Schonfeld is a technology journalist and the former Editor in Chief of TechCrunch.
U.S. Venture Funds Raised $7.7 Billion In First Quarter, Highest Influx In A Decade
VC deal size grows in first quarter despite fewer deals made | VentureBeat
Venture capitalists invested the most in deals worth $50 million or more since the third quarter of 2001, pumping $5.9 billion into 736 deals in the first quarter of 2011, according to a MoneyTree Report released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association . Using data from Thomson Reuters , the study showed a spike of 5 percent in dollars invested and a 54 percent surge in later stage deals over the prior quarter, with almost all sectors showing double-digit gains.The initial public offering market for venture-backed companies in the first quarter was the strongest since 2007, according to a report by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association . Fourteen VC-backed IPOs occurred in the first quarter, with companies raising an average of $98.3 million.
Q1 venture-backed IPOs strongest since 2007 | VentureBeat
Angels invested $20.1B in 2010 — but they’re taking fewer risks | VentureBeat
Angel investors were increasingly active in 2010, with total angel investments going up 14 percent to $20.1 billion from $17.6 billion in 2009.Value Of Tech M&A Deals Nearly Doubled In Q2 2011 To $52.1 Billion | TechCrunch
While tech company IPOs have captured buzz of late, it looks like M&A activity in the sector has been booming. According to an Ernst & Young report, big deals drove the aggregate value of global technology M&A to $52.1 billion in the second quarter of 2011, nearly doubling the deal value from the first quarter (up 92 percent to be exact).