VC Roundup: Investments down overall, up in Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle
National venture capital investments fell by 10% last year, according to figures released on January 18th by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. Meanwhile, with its large number of tech startups, Los Angeles has seen VC investments increase 13% from $1.1 billion in 2011 to $1.3 billion in 2012, the Los Angeles Business Journal [...]
Venture capital investment in cleantech slowed in 2011
Venture capital investment in cleantech companies reached $4.9 billion in the United States last year, according to an analysis by Ernst & Young. That’s a drop from 2010 of 4.5 percent and zero growth in the number of overall deals. Of the 2011 investments, energy generation led with $1.5 billion, and products and services for [...]
California leads venture capital funding in Q3
Venture capitalists are pouring money into the cleantech industry even though investors are scaling back funding in other sectors, according to a report from Ernst & Young LLP as reported in the Los Angeles Times. The report found cleantech companies raised almost $1.2 billion in the third quarter, up 73 percent from $684 million compared [...]
Cleantech venture capital funding drops 44 percent in U.S., Ernst & Young reports
Second quarter venture capital investments in cleantech companies dropped 44 percent, bringing in total investments of $1.1 billion, according to an Ernst & Young analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource and reported in the San Francisco Chronicle. The decline looks worse than it actually is and reflects a fluke in timing, stressed John [...]
Dow Jones study: VC funding near 2007 highs
Venture capital investments were very strong in the second quarter thanks to investments in healthcare, IT, consumer services and business services. In total, there were 754 deals and $7.7 billion invested, which is just nine percent off venture capital’s 2007 high, according to analysis of a Dow Jones report by Ernst & Young LLP. California was the [...]
Study: Number of female entrepreneuers on rise
Despite the recession, female entrepreneuers are becoming more prevalent in the United States, according to a study conducted by the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research and reported in a recent Wall Street Journal article and video post by Emily Glazer. Glazer calls attention to a number of female-centric mentoring and investing organizations that have grown [...]
Venture capital firms continuing to pour money into cleantech
The San Jose Mercury News highlights Ernst & Young’s quarterly IPO pipeline report in an article that ran on May 27. According to the story, venture capital firms are continuing to pour money into cleantech, with $1 billion invested in the first quarter of this year. At the end of Q1, Ernst & Young listed 125 [...]
Cleantech Feeling the Love from Venture Capital Firms – The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times
According to Ernst & Young and data from DowJones Venture Source, cleantech venture capital jumped 54 percent in the first quarter of 2011. While the number of deals decreased from 79 in Q1 of 2010 to 69 this quarter, total money raised increased to $1.1 billion from $743.3 in the same period last year. From [...]
Venture capital sweeps into clean-tech industry
By Tiffany Hsu Los Angeles Times Click here to view the full article Venture capitalists spent the first quarter of the year dousing the clean-tech industry with more money, hiking investment in solar and other green companies. Though the number of deals fell to 69 from 79, companies raised $1.1 billion in the first three [...]
Investment in U.S. Venture Companies Rose 35% in First Quarter
NEW YORK – Investors put $6.4 billion into 661 deals for U.S.-based venture companies during the first quarter of 2011, a 35% increase in investment and 5% increase in deals from the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. The median amount raised for a round of financing during the first quarter was [...]
