Shaking The MoneyTree: VC Investment (Still) Rises in Q2
Stop me if you've heard this one before: Venture capital investing increased in the second-quarter of 2009, even though investment activity was still much lower than in Q2 2008. Oh yeah, we wrote about it over the weekend (and have been What's different this time is that the data comes from MoneyTree, a joint venture of the National Venture Capital Association, PwC and Thomson Reuters. That last one just happens to publish peHUB, which means we trust these numbers a bit more, have access to the actual database and are able to display a gluttonous smorgasborg of charts (see below). The topline number is $3.7 billion invested in 612 U.S.-based companies. This compares to $3.19 billion raised by 601 U.S.-based companies in Q1 2009, and $7.55 billion raised by 1,048 U.S.-based companies in Q2 2008. To use a semi-apt sports analogy, VCs took a baby step off the sidelines, but are nowhere near the line of scrimmage (particularly given that barely over $300 million has been invested thus far in Q3). In terms of industy sectors, IT managed to (barely) keep its unbeaten streak alive against life sciences ($1.72b vs. $1.53b). This is different than what the earlier data from Dow Jones showed, and MoneyTree does show biotech as its fattest cash cow in a more segmented analysis.
