VC Investment Bounces Back

Filed in archive Loans & Financing on July 20, 2009

I talked elsewhere recently about the grim state of the venture capital industry at the moment. VentureBeat recently pointed out one bright spot...

While the number of investment funds being formed and the amount of money being collected up by those funds is at a dismal low point right now, actual investment by venture capital firms seems to be bouncing back.

In Q2 (from April to June), venture capitalists invested a total of $5.27 billion in 595 deals. That's pretty meager compared to the $8.33 billion invested in 726 deals during the same period last year but, as you may be aware, that was a very different time, economically speaking. It's a big jump from the $4 billion invested last quarter, so we might even begin to start talking about a recovery.

It's especially good news if you're a business looking for VC investment and funding. We'll see whether the trend continues.


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