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VC investment levels rise toward 2001 levels

[Posted on August 7, 2007 - 2:01 PM]

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As if there was any doubt, the PwC/NVCA quarterly numbers are out and show that venture capital investment is on pace to reach its highest level since 2001.

While late stage investment amounts declined and mid stage was steady, seed and early stage investment levels jumped. The Deal's George White covers it in The Deal:

Seed and early-stage companies accounted for 39% of all financings closed in the second quarter, securing $1.6 billion from 378 deals, compared with $1.3 billion from 289 deals in the first quarter. Venture firms have been increasingly backing startup-stage companies since last year, when they wrapped up their latest fundraising cycle with approximately $70 billion in new capital under management.

For more on the Q2 numbers, see:
MoneyTree Report
The Deal

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