SAN FRANCISCO January 25 morning news, Dow Jones's venture capital industry tracker VentureSource report released today, in 2010, the U.S. venture capital investment activity is not traditionally the main driving force investment in IT and healthcare sectors.
report shows that in the year, U.S. venture capital firms invested through 2,799 transactions, 262 million, respectively, the total number of transactions and investments in 2636 than in 2009 and 236 million U.S. dollars increased by 6% and 11%; in the fourth quarter of 2010, venture capital firms invested through 735 transactions, 76 million U.S. dollars, the total number of transactions and investments, respectively, compared to 782 over the same period in 2009 and 7.2 billion decline in growth of 6% and 6%.
Dow Jones VentureSource risk of head of global research resources to Jessica Canning (Jessica Canning), said: Risk factors of investment growth. In the past year, business technology, personal solutions and energy companies the highest increase in investment in the field. $ 4,400,000, down from $ 5,000,000 in 2009.
decline in IT investment in health care fields growing
2010 U.S. health care companies raised the risk of a total investment of 7.4 billion, down 7% over 2009, to 702 the number of transactions pile. As usual, biopharmaceutical companies in the health care industry, the highest proportion of total venture capital raised 34 billion U.S. dollars, number of transactions for the 317; the lowest proportion of health care services company, but the highest growth rate, a total of 54 home health care companies raised to 12 billion dollars, the number of transactions increased by 29% compared with 2009, total funding more than tripled compared with 2009.
IT companies in the United States in 2010, raised to 72 billion dollars, the total number of transactions was 889; In contrast, IT companies to raise in 2009 to 67 billion dollars, the total number of 858 transactions . Software is the IT field the total number of transactions and financing sectors are on the rise, raising to 38 billion dollars, the number of transactions was 608; communications and networking sectors worst hit, raising a total of 1.2 billion, the transaction number 90, respectively, than in 2009 fell 21% and 27%.
business and personal services to promote investment growth
consumer services company in the United States in 2010 to 4.4 billion in capital raised, compared with 2009 growth of 67%; number of transactions for the 483 , compared with 2009 increased 23%, mainly due to the amount of personal information services sector investment to promote growth.
in 2010, the U.S. business and financial services companies a total funding of 3.3 billion, up 8% over 2009, the number of transactions for the 447. Among them, the business support services sector the highest proportion, raising to 25 billion dollars, the number of transactions was 337, mainly due to advertising and marketing technologies and services to promote investment growth.
growth of investment in renewable energy
for energy and utilities companies, number of transactions in 2009 declined by 16% compared to 2008, total funding reduced by half compared to 2008. In 2010, investors return to the industry. Last year, 113 energy and utility company's total funding of 25 billion U.S. dollars, up 39% in 2009, trading volume increased 19% over 2009.
energy and utilities sector investment is still the main driver of growth in the renewable energy sector last year, total funding of 20 billion U.S. dollars, up 35% in 2009; the number of transactions is 94, compared with 2009 increase of 25%.
VCs continue to focus on later stage transactions
later stages the number of transactions in the proportion of the total number of 40%, raising the proportion of the total amount in the 61%, compared with a slight change in 2009, when the number of transactions accounted for 38% of the amount of funding accounted for 55%.
seed trading and the early stages of the first round of the trading volume of transactions accounted for 36% investment share of 18% compared with 2009, essentially unchanged, when the number of transactions accounted for 35% of the amount of funding accounted for 19%. (Tang Style)
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