The year featured major investments in exciting new technology companies, from business software makers, biofuel farmers--and one troubled electric carmaker.
The past twelve months didn’t offer the rush of new venture capital funding many had hoped for. Indeed, a lack of major acquisitions and the high-profile slumps of Facebook’s and Groupon’s public offerings put a damper on investors’ appetite for venture-funded deals, says Tracy Lefteroff, global managing partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers venture capital practice. “We didn’t see many deals where venture guys were fighting to get in. You didn’t see that frothy activity.”
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