Venture capital investing steady, clean-tech up
[Updated with VentureOne/Ernst & Young data, which shows investing increased significantly during the quarter]
Venture capitalists invested robustly during the third quarter, at or near record levels since 2001, according to two surveys released last night.
So all is OK on the investing side, even if the venture capital firms themselves are showing signs of pain. Friday, news spread of yet another venture capital firm that has put its fund-raising plans on hold, because investors found its… Continue Reading
Is Web 2.0 over and out?
Updated
New Internet technologies, defined vaguely as “Web 2.0,” have gone mainstream, but the cycle of innovation may be slowing, suggests a venture capitalist.
Separately, data shows that venture investments in Web 2.0 companies last year increased strongly, but that valuations actually dropped.
Peter Rip, of Crosslink Capital, who has invested in several Internet companies considered Web 2.0-focused, including Riya, Vast and Teqlo, posits that one way to check the “energy dissipation” around Web 2.0 is to look… Continue Reading
Venture capitalists slowing down? (and note about Bridgescale)
Venture capital investment into U.S. companies slowed markedly in fourth quarter of last year, to the slowest pace in two years.
That drop-off wasn’t enough to knock 2006 from its status as most robust year since 2001, however — and it’s too early too tell whether the slow-down will continue into this year.
For all of 2006, investors backed 2,454 companies, slightly ahead of 2005’s level. Total investment was $25.75 billion, an 8 percent increase over the… Continue Reading