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by Greg Cruey on July 17, 2009
There are two basic numbers to look at when you consider how the venture capital industry is doing. How many individual funds were started in a particular quarter? How much money was raised for those funds? The second quarter of 2009 saw grim numbers for the venture capital industry. VentureBeat recently took a look at those numbers.
There were 25 funds started in the second quarter. That was fewer than in any quarter since 1996. Together those funds raise $1.7 billion. That was less than in any quarter since 2003. It was also almost $3 billion less than in the first quarter of the year.
The one bright spot is that exits are up. But that could also be seem as proof that VC's are finding ways (even in these tough times) to flee the market.
If the decline continues at the current rate, the VC industry could functionally disappear over the next two quarters...
© Loui Loui
There were 25 funds started in the second quarter. That was fewer than in any quarter since 1996. Together those funds raise $1.7 billion. That was less than in any quarter since 2003. It was also almost $3 billion less than in the first quarter of the year.
The one bright spot is that exits are up. But that could also be seem as proof that VC's are finding ways (even in these tough times) to flee the market.
If the decline continues at the current rate, the VC industry could functionally disappear over the next two quarters...
© Loui Loui
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Response from:
Ling
(07/20/09 7:34am)
That sounds a wee bit too alarmist. I'd say the dismal quarter is a delayed reaction to the financial turmoil of the first quarter. If anything, Q2 has actually been the one where market sentiment staretd to rise again. So maybe the next quarter will provide the delayed bump. :)
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