72 venture capital funds raised $7.5 billion in the first half of 2010. That is an increase of 13% (on a dollar basis) from the previous year. But it’s way less than the $14.2 billion raised in 1h 2008. Dow Jones has more info.
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July 11th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
If memory serves me well, 2008 was down from 2007. I too have a morbid fascination with these stats. It might be interesting to list which funds in particular raised how much (compared to their prior funds). My (not particularly original) bet is that the industry is heading to be about 60% of the size it was in 2007 (as measured by fund size, numbers of funds, and numbers of investments).
July 12th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
I think everyone in the startup ecosystem has a morbid fascination with the health of the VC landscape!