article thumbnail

NVCA: Venture Investments Drop In Q1

socalTECH

Venture capital investments in the U.S. have dropped to the lowest rate of activity since Q4 of 2011, as venture capital investors continue to be shy about investing in startups, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report. billion deployed to 1,797 companies nationaly in the first quarter of the year.

Invest 147
article thumbnail

The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Tech Coast Angels Fuels $45M In Deals In 2011

socalTECH

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group in Southern California--and the nation--said Wednesday that it was part of $45M in funding in companies during last year, with $11M directly invested across 37 companies during 2011. READ MORE>>.

article thumbnail

Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

socalTECH

billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies. During 2011, the analysis identified 73 exits by companies, with an average value of approximately $106M.

article thumbnail

Venture Numbers From Dow Jones Also Show Big Investment Drop

socalTECH

According to Dow Jones, it also tabulated a decline in fourth quarter investments in 2012, with companies raising $6.6 billion in 733 venture capital deals; that was a 20 percent decrease in capital and 17 percent decrease in deals from Q4 of 2011. billion was invested in those deals, down from $3.2 billion in 2011.

Invest 173
article thumbnail

Tech Coast Angels Fuel $45M In Deals In 2011

socalTECH

The Tech Coast Angels , the largest organized angel investment group in Southern California--and the nation--said Wednesday that it was part of $45M in funding in companies during last year, with $11M directly invested across 37 companies during 2011. READ MORE>>.

article thumbnail

Southern California Firms Raise $738M In Q4 2011

socalTECH

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. The amount is up from $528.0M