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There may have been money flowing into China, but Europe certainly wasn’t feeling the venture capital love. The continent sustained its lowest deal count in history in Q3 2011, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. A mere €951 mn was put to work across 219 transactions. Invested capital plunged 12 percent, with deal flow off 13 percent year over year. That’s the worst performance since Dow Jones VentureSource started keeping score back in 2000

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