From National Venture Capital Association
ANNUAL VENTURE INVESTMENT DOLLARS INCREASE 22% OVER PRIOR YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE MONEYTREE REPORT
Clean Technology and Internet Sectors Show Double-Digit Gains in 2011
Washington, D.C., January 20, 2012 – Venture capitalists invested $28.4 billion in 3,673 deals in 2011, an increase of 22 percent in dollars and a 4 percent rise in deals over the prior year, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters. The amount of venture dollars invested in 2011 represents the third highest annual investment total in the past ten years. Investments in the fourth quarter of 2011 totaled $6.6 billion in 844 deals, a 10 percent decrease in dollars and an 11 percent decrease in deals from the third quarter of 2011 when $7.3 billion went into 953 deals. Read more…
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