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The 'Crisis' in Venture Capital

Posted on July 01, 2008

There were no venture-backed IPOs in the second quarter, and M&A deals are down. The last time there were no VC-backed IPOs in a quarter was in 1978. The liquidity drought for venture-backed startups is so bleak that the National Venture Capital Association is calling it a crisis. Last quarter there were only 5 IPOs that brought in a piddling $283 million. That compares to 43 IPOs during the first half of 2007 that brought in $6.3 billion. (During the first half of 2008, 42 companies were in registration for an IPO, but they never pulled the trigger versus 70 for the same period in 20...

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