Venture Capital Investing Slows ...
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In the first quarter of 2013, U.S. venture capital firms invested at the slowest pace in more than two years, according to a Dow Jones VentureSource report released today. Venture firms closed 752 deals in the quarter, putting $6.36 billion into companies, both the lowest totals since the third quarter of 2010. Nor were VCs especially successful at exiting investments: Venture-backed IPOs raised less money than in any quarter since the third quarter of 2011, and the fewest venture-backed companies were acquired since the first quarter of 2009.
Here are three more takeaways from the report: