A slight resurgence in the IPO market and an upswing in M&A activity mean venture capitalists have some hopes of exiting investments.
The motto of the venture capital industry this year could be: Well, anything is better than 2008 and 2009.
Driving such a renewed sense of optimism is the relative resurgence in the IPO market and a strong pickup in mergers-and-acquisitions activity. That means VCs now at least have some hopes of exiting investments after an almost two-year drought in both areas.
Nine venture-backed companies went public in the first quarter of 2010, raising $936 million, more than double the amount raised during the fourth quarter of 2009, according to data from Thomson Reuters. But to really get a sense of the improvement, look back to the first quarter of 2009, when not a single VC-backed company went public.
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Author: Matthew Quinn
