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Third-Quarter Report Shows Slowdown in VC Activity, & Top 10 Deals

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Venture capital activity is gradually easing from last year’s peak, according to a new quarterly report put together by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. VC firms invested $14.99 It was the fifth straight quarterly decline in the number of companies getting VC funding, according to the report.

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Dell Technologies Goes Public About $100M Venture Capital Arm

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Austin —Dell Technologies is publicly unveiling a venture capital investment arm that has been quietly investing in startups since the operation was run by EMC, the data storage giant that Dell agreed to acquire for $67 billion in 2015. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Servier Licenses CureMatch Tech for Custom Cancer Drug Treatments

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CureMatch was founded in 2015 to commercialize technology developed at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. million in outside investment, says its software can help guide customized care by using a patient’s genetic information to score and rank treatment options. It calls the guides it produces PreciGENE reports.

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‘Megadeals’ Dominate Q2 as VCs Invest $15.3B, and Top 10 Deals

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billion into 961 deals across the United States during the three months that ended June 30, according to the MoneyTree Report on venture capital activity. Still, the amount invested marked a 12 percent drop from the $17.4 Still, the amount invested marked a 12 percent drop from the $17.4 Included is the $3.5

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Despite Low Crop Prices, Corporate and VC Agtech Investments Soar

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Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. The increase in dollars flowing to agtech comes despite commodity prices that are down 65 percent from their 2013 peak, the report says.

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Fintech VC Backing Dipped 13 Percent in 2016, Mirroring Rest of Tech

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The final numbers on 2016 fintech funding deals are in from New York-based research firm and investment database CB Insights, and venture capitalists seem to be cooling on the industry. According to a report released today, financial technology companies around the world attracted $12.7 Fintech has seen a frothy flood of.

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Edtech Venture Funding Down in 2016, But Still Tops $1B

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While we’re looking at venture deal numbers from the past year , let’s consider the education technology industry, which isn’t broken out by sector in the general reports I’ve seen. billion invested in 198 deals in 2015, according to EdSurge. The EdSurge report. education tech companies totaled $1.03

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