Are venture capitalists starting to chase deals? It appears that might be the case as more capital went into fewer deals in the first quarter.
Investments are up while deals are down, according to a report from Dow Jones VentureSource, which found that venture capitalists invested $9.8 billion into 967 deals for companies around the world during the first quarter of 2011, representing a 20% increase in investment but a 7% decline in the number of deals from the same period in 2010.
By comparison, in Q1 2010, companies around the world received $8.2 billion in venture capital across 1,038 deals.
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Author: Faith Merino
