National VC Trends:
Monday, Dow Jones VentureSource came out with their 3rd quarter venture capital deal totals for the United States. As expected, the national trends in venture investing are not encouraging. It appears that the number of venture deals fell in all sectors, compared to the same quarter last year.
Some quick takeaways:
The number of healthcare deals [...]
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From PEHub:
The National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters (publisher of peHUB) today released data showing that VC fundraising has declined from both the prior quarter and from the third quarter of 2007. Fifty-five U.S.-based firms [...]
For several years, Innovation Works (IW) has been tracking data about venture investment in the Pittsburgh region, which we view as one of the most objective ways to measure the health of the local early-stage tech community. Our 2006 year-end report noted that the region’s 2006 VC investment total of $230 million was the highest [...]