Posts Tagged ‘venture capital’
Venture capital funding in the life sciences sector, which includes the biotechnology and medical device industries, increased 21 percent during 2011, according to a new PricewaterhouseCooper’s report, “Zigzagging Upward.”
Venture capitalists invested a total of $7.5 billion in 785 life sciences deals during the year, topping 2010 performance despite a drop from the third to the [...] [...]
Optimism is in short supply for venture capital and start up economies in 2012, according to a report from this year’s Venture View predictions conducted by the national Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones VentureSource.
When compared to last year’s survey, forecasts from venture capital professionals are less confident and more measured – with only a [...] [...]
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 the industry [...] [...]
U.S. private equity fund-raising slipped in the third quarter, raising concern that raising money is losing momentum.
Thanks to a strong start to the year, private equity fund-raising is set to top the $95.9 billion raised in 2010, according to Dow Jones LP Source.
Private equity funds raised $24.8 billion in the third quarter, accounting for 27 [...] [...]
Venture capital investment in Colorado and the nation dropped during the first quarter from the previous three months.
Investors provided $63.1 million in VC funds to 15 Colorado companies in the first quarter, compared with $253.7 million in the previous quarter and $67.9 million in the same period a year ago, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers’ MoneyTree report.
The number [...] [...]
Sixteen percent of venture capitalists surveyed nationwide named the Rocky Mountain region as one of the next regions — outside Silicon Valley, New York and New England — poised for growth.
That’s not a huge percentage, but it still struck me as significant. So I asked Tom Duening, the El Pomar chair for Business and Entrepreneurship [...] [...]
I’m not sure what made me queasier: too much of the cheese or my conversation with the weary lawyer pining for a return of deal flow that would allow him to send his kids to the college of their choice.
It was Monday evening and I was at the 2010 Excellence in Local Industry Awards, presented [...] [...]
Venture capital investment in Colorado companies rose by about $20 million in the third quarter of the year compared with the second quarter, according to the the National Venture Capital Association.
Still, investment totals remain the lowest in Colorado since 1996.
Start-up and seed funding was also slow in the third quarter, receiving only 3 percent of funding.
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Cameron McCaig cleared his throat and straightened his tie before speaking to the selection committee. Although nervous, he was well-prepared, having rehearsed repeatedly in front of a digital video camera.
“I didn’t get much sleep last night,” McCaig said to his partner, Kathleen Meyer, before his turn came.
Meyer, an ex-IBM executive, and McCaig, an emergency-room physician, [...] [...]
Merger and acquisition deals are experiencing a flight to quality.
Multiples of EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) are holding steady, but volume has dropped.
During the seemingly invincible days of 2007, average multiples were 6.2-times EBITDA.
In 2009, multiples lowered to 5.4-times EBITDA.
“That really is not that bad,” said Chris Blees, CEO and director of [...] [...]
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