Software Startups Are Gobbling Up All The VC Money: CHARTS

Investments in software startups are on their way to being as big as the rest of the venture capital industry combined, according to charts published by CB Insights.

The research firm compared investment since 2002 in software startups -- including web and mobile companies -- to investments in everything else: hardware, green tech, health care, etc.

The results are pretty striking for such a short time frame.