International venture capital plummets 63 percent in Q2 by Newsmedian Blog
Overseas markets saw a sharp drop in venture capital investing in the second quarter, falling 63 percent since last year to $1.46 billion across 250 deals — the lowest it has been for six years, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. To put this into stark context, $5.27 billion was invested in 595 deals in the U.S. during the same time period.
The data VentureSource collected comes from Canada, Israel, China, India and Europe. The second quarter’s investment total is lower than the $1.99 billion distributed in the first quarter — a typically slow time for the market. And it’s much lower than last year’s second quarter’s figures: $3.95 billion invested across 452 deals.
