On Wednesday, the National Venture Capital Association and industry database PitchBook jointly released their Q1 2017 issue of Venture Monitor, which reports and analyzes the data on American venture capital activity. All in all, the absolute numbers sound big: 1,800 companies raised $16.5 billion. However, NVCA and PitchBook found that while the amount of capital invested in 2017's first quarter was slightly higher than 2016's fourth quarter, the number of companies swung to its lowest since Q4 2011.
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