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Recent trends VC funding
Anyway, this is a very long way of saying that I recently asked for, and received, the most current fund performance data from PRIM. It includes 187 venture capital and buyout funds, including such "brands" as Battery Ventures, KKR, Hellman & Friedman, Madison Dearborn and Summit Partners.
Mass. pension discloses PE/VC fund performance data - The Term Sheet: Fortune's deals blog
VC outperforms stock market - study
If Angelgate didn’t prove it, then the following data will; there’s a tinge of mania when it come to early- and seed-stage funding. The latest data from CB Insights , a market research firm that tracks the venture capital industry, shows that seed investments — primarily in Internet startups — increased from a mere one percent of all deals during the third quarter of 2009 to a whopping 11 percent of total venture investment deals during that period in 2010. The sharp increase in seed-stage investments is the sole reason the total number of venture investments jumped during the third quarter of 2010 even though overall funding dropped.
What A Double-Dip Recession Would Mean For Venture Capital - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ
Venture Capital Index® . Funds in the private equity index returned 4.4% in the first quarter, compared with 5.9% in the final quarter of 2009, while venture capital funds in the VC index earned 0.7%, versus 3.3% in the previous quarter.
Private Equity Continued to Outperform Venture Capital in the First Quarter of 2010, Though Returns for Both Asset Classes, While Positive, Trailed Public Market Returns | SYS-CON MEDIA
NEW YORK – July 8, 2010 – U.S. private equity fund-raising fell to $45.1 billion during the first half of 2010, down 26% from $61.2 billion raised during the same period last year, according to Dow Jones LP Source, an industry database that tracks private equity fund-raising.
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Yep but not absolutely bad. There may be seasonality effects. by May 19
As a result, many VC firms, and their portfolios, are now fraught with uncertainty—walking a fine line between licking their wounds thanks to poor fund returns and looking for new opportunities to improve their fortunes as the market recovers.
Zynga does a crazy-big $180m funding .
Are Startups Getting Crazy, Or Just IPO Crazy?
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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups? | Both Sides of the Table
Will the crisis affect start-up financing?
If VC investments go back up to $25bn to $30bn per year, then the diet didn't stick and we are back to an overfunded industry that will produce subpar returns on average.
The Venture Diet Is Working
Venture capitalists expect their industry to shrink | The Equity Kicker
A VC: Some Thoughts On The Seed Fund Phenomenon
Seed fund phenomenon
Internet Sector Funding Report
U.S. Private Equity Firms Raised Less Than $100B In Funds Last Y
Q2'09 SV VC invt: terms are harsher
Current trend - Web VC invt not crashing
VC Fundraising Shrinks 82% in Q2 09
Quite a drastic drop. However, it is normal as there is always a lag-time in fundraising of 6-12 months. I suspect next quarter won't be great either as very few funds would have started a fundraising 6-9 months ago. by Jul 13
Despite Short-Term Improvement, VC 10-Year Index Goes Negative -
Angel Investing by the Numbers :: StartupCFO : Mark MacLeod
Recent EU-based VC fundraising & invt
VC industry - Statistics - US - 2010
VC industry - Statistics - Europe - 2010
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