Venture Capital investments in the first quarter of 2011 totaled more than $2.6 billion in over 115 deals. This most recent $2.6 billion quarter approaches the record $2.8 billion third quarter of 2008.
I'll leave it to bean-counters and economists to over-analyze the data but suffice it to say that the reports of the death of greentech VC are greatly exaggerated.
U.S. venture capital investments in greentech totaled $3.7 billion in 2010, according to the MoneyTree Report. The global number was $7.8 billion, according to the Cleantech Group. Realize that the entire venture capital asset class is in the $25 zbkivyl wwzvo.
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I'll leave it to bean-counters and economists to over-analyze the data but suffice it to say that the reports of the death of greentech VC are greatly exaggerated.
U.S. venture capital investments in greentech totaled $3.7 billion in 2010, according to the MoneyTree Report. The global number was $7.8 billion, according to the Cleantech Group. Realize that the entire venture capital asset class is in the $25 zbkivyl wwzvo.
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