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

Xconomy

—IT services accounted for $946 million in 80 deals. Financial Services. Marina del Rey, CA. . —The life sciences sector (which includes biotechnology and medical devices) accounted for 15 percent of all venture capital dollars during the quarter, raising $2.2 billion in 161 deals. Slack Technologies.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► October (1) New Video! The acquisition went through and that was the start of a terrible chain of events.