Venture capitalists spread $16.3 billion over more than 1,000 technology, media, healthcare and other companies in the U.S. from July through September, driving a seventh straight huge quarter for start-up investment.
Barring a collapse in investing this fall, 2015 would mark the biggest year nationally and in Southern California for venture capital investment other than 2000 — when the dot-com boom reached a peak, according to the MoneyTree Report released last week by consulting giant PwC, the National Venture Capital Assn. and Thomson Reuters.
