Fewer U.S. startups saw mergers, acquisitions or IPOs last year, but the ones that did nabbed more capital than all the deals in 2010, according to a report from Dow Jones VentureSource.
There were 522 venture-backed exits last year -- a 4% slip from the year before. But together, they netted $53.2 billion – a 26% increase.
That’s because the prices paid for young companies and the amount raised in initial public offerings spiked in 2011.
The median price purchasers shelled out in merger and buyout deals was up 77% to $71 million. And the 45 companies who went public last year – including major firms such as Groupon, Zynga, LinkedIn and Pandora -- raised $5.4 billion, more than the $3.3 billion raised by 46 IPOs in 2010.
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