Topic - National Venture Capital Association

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VC Fundraising Plummets Amid Dire Forecast

$3.4B raised in the fourth quarter a 71% decline from 2007; some see a shakeout that would halve the industry.
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Archives, Computers, General news, Finance

VC Forecast: Don’t Forget the Umbrella

Investing expected to slow in U.S., foreign markets as VCs move to buoy existing portfolios, survey finds.
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Archives, Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Cleantech, Internet, Finance

World Getting Flatter, Silicon Valley Discovers

Germany’s clean technology, UK’s life sciences, and Taiwan’s semiconductors highlight innovation hotspots beyond the United States.
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General news, Finance

VC-Backed IPOs Hit a Brick Wall

First-quarter cash-outs tumble 87 percent to $282.7 million versus $2.2 billion for the same period in 2007.
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Archives, General news, Finance

Venture Centers Gaining on Silicon Valley

Seattle, Los Angeles and Washington D.C., which have cleared the billion-dollar funding mark, are on the fast track, survey finds.
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General news, Finance

VC Bankrolls Jump in 4th Quarter

Fundraising for 2007 hits $34.7 billion, the highest since 2001, according to a new survey.
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Archives, General news, Finance

IPO Market Goes Out With a Bang

Fourth quarter pushes venture-backed issues to $10 billion in 2007, double the 2006 take, but the M&A door has swung shut. In the final quarter, only 45 venture-backed M&A deals were completed, the least since the first quarter of 1998.
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Archives, General news, Finance

VCs See Consolidation, IPO Strength in '08

NVCA survey of more than 170 venture capitalists forecasts larger funds, growth in cleantech.
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Archives, General news, Finance

Carried Interest Tax: Dead for Now?

VC leaders breathe sigh of relief after Senate passes AMT bill with no private equity provision, but House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel says issue could return in 2008.
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Computers, General news, Biosciences, Cleantech, Finance

Later-Stage Deals Boost VC in Third Quarter

Fast-climbing clean tech helps staples IT and biotechnology put 2007 on pace to notch up the highest funding levels since 2001, surveys say.
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General news, Finance

VC Fundraising Falls 33 Percent

Number of new funds in third quarter plummets 50 percent to smallest total in more than a decade.
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General news, Finance

VC Performance Sags

Venture capital outperformed U.S. stock markets over last year, but funds turned in lackluster results in the first quarter, new data shows.
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General news, Finance

IPOs Roar in 2nd Quarter

M&A deals ebb, but value of stock debuts climbs 212% to $4.3B
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General news, Finance

Lost in Translation

U.S. VCs are treading cautiously on the global stage, a new study says
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Finance

PE Buyouts Trounce VC Funding

Late-stage funding shows strong growth in the third quarter.
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Finance

VCs Set New Records

Forget Web 2.0 as VCs venture off the beaten path.
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Finance

Wall Street Eyes Global Threat

As IPOs migrate, NYC Mayor Bloomberg backs reform to bolster sagging financial capital.
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General news

Carlyle Head Blasts China Tariff

U.S. venture evangelist delivers sermon before China’s VC/PE industry association.
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Finance

Corporate Venture Shoots Up

It’s no dot-com boom, but corporate VC activity is steadily making solid gains.
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Finance

Q2 VC Funding Hit $6.3B

Second report confirms venture investments in second quarter reached four-year high.
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