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Cold IPO Market: Venture Funding Hits 12-Year Low
Capital venture firms in the Unites States invested only $3 billion in 549 deals in the first quarter – a 61% decline from the first quarter last year – hitting a low that dates back to before the dot-com bubble.
Investment activity was down 47% from the $5.7 billion invested in 866 deals in the fourth quarter last year, according to research by the non-profit National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
“Given the economic turmoil that began in the third quarter of 2008 and continued on into 2009, it’s not unexpected that the (venture capitalists) would pause to assess the impact…
22Apr2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued
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