Venture capital funding in life sciences – including biotechnology and medical device manufacturing – decreased 22 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011 in the first quarter of 2012, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report. Venture capitalists invested $1.5 billion during the that quarter. Deal volume was also down, dropping 11 percent during the same period. When [...] [...]
Following two quarters of growth, venture capital funding in the life science sector fell 18 percent during the third quarter of 2011, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers report. According to the report, venture capitalists invested $1.8 billion in 170 life sciences deal – which includes biotechnology and medical device industries. It’s the lowest number of deals since [...] [...]
Venture capitalists seem to be testing the waters once again, despite the volatile economic conditions. Investors put $8.4 billion into 765 deals in the third quarter, representing a 29 percent increase in investment and an 8 percent increase in the number of deals compared to the same time period in 2010. “Venture investment rose, putting [...] [...]
Po Squaw Valley USA, the iconic Lake Tahoe-area resort that has been home to some of the country’s top downhill skiers, is joining operations with neighboring Alpine Meadows in a deal to be announced Tuesday. The merger comes as Tahoe resorts and business leaders are studying a bid for the Winter Olympics, perhaps for the [...] [...]
The burden of regulating mid-size investment advisers will shift from federal to state agencies this year, a time when state budgets have been slashed and resources are limited. The Dodd-Frank financial reform act mandates this regulatory shift for midsize investment advisers, or those who have between $25 million and $100 million in assets under management. [...] [...]
The ongoing fright-show in the commercial and residential real estate markets has some investors returning to the soil. Lucky for them, that might be the best place to start. The booming farmland market in the Midwest has some murmuring about asset price bubbles in states like Iowa and Nebraska. That growth seems to have bled [...] [...]
The greatest job growth in alternative energy is in the manufacturing side of the industry. That’s the word from a comprehensive report from a group of MBA students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, who conducted a study of regional alternative energy issues. The results show that renewable energy jobs pay well – [...] [...]
Wall Street investors are eyeing space companies favorably as the sector proved to be recession-proof during the past two years. Increased demand is one reason for continued improved performance, said Chris Quilty of Raymond James and Associates. “We’re seeing increased consumer demand – smart phones, broadband Internet and high-definition television,” he said, “and that doesn’t [...] [...]
Multifamily properties moving from owner-occupied to rentals It’s a new, if somewhat stigmatized, real estate investment category: “broken condos.” Three or four years ago, during the height of the residential real estate boom, some buyers, drawn by the promise of a carefree lifestyle, gravitated to condominiums. Developers around the country stood ready to answer demand, [...] [...]
Commercial real estate has begun to spin through its own recessionary spiral.
As a result, a new category – distressed commercial real estate – has become an increasingly attractive commodity to some investors. [...]
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