Global VC tops $100 bln for second year running in 2016
Global venture capital investment topped US$100 billion in 2016 for the second year running, with US$134 billion supporting 9,717 deals, according to Preqin. The solid performance was down 6.3 percent from an even stronger 2015. About half the total, or US$61 billion, was deployed in North America, Preqin found. China accounted for US$48 billion, or 36 percent of the capital, and Europe and India saw US$12 billion and US$4 billion invested, respectively.
4 January 2017•1 min read
