M&A Exits See Highest Average Value Since Fourth Quarter 2007 While IPO Market Shows Preliminary Signs of Life
NEW YORK, NY, January 4, 2010– Venture-backed company exit activity showed promising signs of life during the fourth quarter of 2009 but fell far short of historical norms for the year, according to the Exit Poll report by [...]
10-Year Venture Returns Decline Significantly, as 1999 Activity Begins to “Roll Off” Calculation
ARLINGTON, VA, October 27, 2009– While venture capital performance remained largely unchanged for most time horizons for the period ending June 30, 2009, there was notable deterioration in the 10-year returns, according to the Cambridge Associates U.S. Venture Capital Index�, the performance benchmark [...]
NEW YORK, October 12, 2009– Just 17 venture capital funds raised $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2009, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). This level represents the smallest number of venture funds raising money in a single quarter since the third quarter of 1994 when 17 funds were [...]
Third Quarter Ends with Lower Volume and Value
NEW YORK, October 1, 2009– Venture-backed company exit activity showed little signs of life during the third quarter of 2009 and fell far short of historical norms, according to the Exit Poll report by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).
While there were three venture-backed [...]
VC Index Continues to Outperform Major Market Indices Despite Challenges
ARLINGTON, VA, August 12, 2009– During the quarter ending March 31, 2009, venture capital returns declined 2.9 percent according to the Cambridge Associates U.S. Venture Capital Index®, the performance benchmark of the National Venture Capital Association. This represented the third consecutive quarterly decline of the Index [...]
