http://www.vcaonline.com Latest updates of vcaonline.com 3/13/2010 1:39:30 PM http://www.vcaonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2010030421<p>NEW YORK, March 4, 2010-- Coming off a year that saw severely diminished venture investment and deal volume in 2009, the venture capital community appears optimistic that a rebound will occur this year, with a prominent focus on the greentech sector, according to a recent survey by the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Thu, 4 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/database<p><b>2010 Edition Now Available!</b> <p><b>VCPro Database 2010</b> (13th Edition) is a downloadable venture capital and private equity directory with complete profiles of over 4,200 venture capital firms worldwide. Compiled by a veteran VC researcher, VCPro Venture Capital Database is available in both Windows and Macintosh formats. (includes a FREE mid-year update in July 2010) <p>Click the above link to learn more.Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMTDatabase http://www.vcaonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2010021723<p>TORONTO, February 17, 2010-- Deal activity in the Canadian venture capital (VC) market continued to slow in 2009, to reach its lowest level since the mid 1990s. Down by 27%, a total of $1.0 billion was invested across the country, a decrease from the $1.4 billion invested in 2008, according to the industry's statistical report released today by Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) and research partner Thomson Reuters. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2010021724<p>TORONTO, February 17, 2010-- Canada's buyout industry is performing in line with its peers globally, according to the industry's statistical report released today by the CVCA - Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and research partner, Thomson Reuters. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2010021621<p>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., February 16, 2010-- Fenwick & West LLP, one of the nation's premier law firms providing comprehensive legal services to high technology and life science clients, today announced results of its Fourth Quarter 2009 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, as well as its 2009 Annual Venture Industry Survey. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/directory/investor.asp?ID=192<b>Tullis Health Investors</b> <p>Click the above link to view the firm profile.Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTMarketplace http://www.vcaonline.com/store/vcpitch<p>This is a PowerPoint presentation for firms that are looking to begin pitching for angel investment or venture capital. 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Â Investment in 2009 reached $2.6 billion in 193 financings rounds, a decline of 50% in terms of dollars and 16% in terms of deals compared to the record investment levels of 2008. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2010020822<p>BEIJING, February 8, 2010-- Based on recent statistics from ChinaVenture's online data system CVSource, some new characteristics and trends have cropped up in China's Venture Capital (VC) market in 2009: <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2010020122<p>ARLINGTON, Va., February 1, 2010-- Venture capital performance improved slightly in the shortest and longest time horizons ending September 30, 2009 but continued to deteriorate in the 5 and 10-year periods ending in the quarter, according to the Cambridge Associates U.S. Venture Capital Index®, the performance benchmark of the National Venture Capital Association. The 10-year return fell to 8.4 percent from 14.3 percent in the previous quarter -- and from 40.2 percent one year earlier. The decline was not unexpected as the lucrative 1999 exits are no longer included in the 10-year calculation. The 5-year returns also declined to 4.9 percent from 5.7 percent in the previous quarter and from10.7 percent one year ago. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2010012221<p>WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2010-- Venture capitalists invested $17.7 billion in 2,795 deals in 2009, marking the lowest level of dollar investment since 1997, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters. Venture investments in 2009 represented a 37 percent decrease in dollars and a 30 percent decrease in deal volume from 2008. It was the second consecutive year of annual deal and dollar declines. Investments in the fourth quarter of 2009 totaled $5.0 billion in 794 deals, a 2 percent decline in dollars but a 15 percent increase in deals from the third quarter of 2009 when $5.1 billion went into 689 deals. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2010012222<p>NEW YORK, January 22, 2010-- An overall bad year ended on a high note as venture deal activity increased in the fourth quarter of 2009. Venture investors put $6.3 billion to work in 743 deals in the most recent quarter, up slightly from the $6.1 billion invested in 619 deals during the same period in 2008, according to statistics released today by Dow Jones VentureSource. In total, 2009 saw 2,489 deals completed and $21.4 billion in venture capital invested in U.S. companies, a 31% drop from 2008 when $31 billion was invested in 2,817 deals. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/store/bookstore/book.asp?ID=28<b>Active Private Equity Real Estate Strategy</b><br> By: <I>David J. Lynn (Author)</i> <p>Click the above link to learn more.Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTStore http://www.vcaonline.com/store/bookstore/book.asp?ID=27<b>Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations</b><br> By: <I>Harry Cendrowski (Author), James P. Martin (Author), Louis W. Petro (Author), Adam A. 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While still sitting on the sidelines of the public markets, companies staged a comeback in the private markets where corporate acquirers snapped up 86 companies for a total $7.3 billion, according to industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. During the fourth quarter, three initial public offerings (IPOs) raised $220 million. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews http://www.vcaonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=2010010422<p>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 Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). The year ended with 13 venture-backed Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and 262 M&A transactions. <p>Click the above link to read the news story.Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTNews