Venture capitalists from around the world invested $37.7 billion in 4,377 deals for companies based in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Israel, Mainland China and India in 2010. This represents a 14% jump in investment but only a 2% increase in deal activity from 2009, when $33 billion was raised for 4,299 deals. In China and Israel, investment growth significantly outpaced deal activity as investors...
The outlook for venture-capital investment sounds similar to the prognostications for the rest of the global economy in 2011: better than 2010. However, the recent survey by the National Venture Capital Association reports that life sciences may no longer be ascendant. Attach your favorite reason for why that may be. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is approving fewer new drugs than in the...
Navasota's mining portfolio has celebrated numerous milestones since it started, including the firm's investment in the international integrated large scale gold enterprise.