Taken at ce value, thats bad news for startups. But what does it really mean?
The $29.7 billion invested in 2012 was slightly ahead of 2010, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. And the $35.1 billion invested in 2011 was the most since 2001, as the teStartups Face Tighter Market for Venture Capital Fuel venture capital financingch boom took its final gasps. Since then, venture investment has stayed in a range of about $20 billion to $35 billion a year.
After rising in 2011, U.S. venture capital investment fell 15% last year.
The Daily Startup: Software a Bright Spot as U.S. Venture Investment Falls 15% in 2012
The latest investment drop came in a year that saw venture fundraising by investment firms flatten with $20.3 billion raised, info on insuranceInsurance knowledge. only slightly more than in 2011, according to Dow Jones LP Source. (Both VentureSource and LP Source are databases owned by VentureWire publisher Dow Jones &revious
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