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Investments

Jan. 25, 2011

Software Trumps Drugs in Venture Capital Uptick

Software companies took the biggest bite out of the $21.8 billion invested in venture capital deals in 2010, but investors also had a big appetite for clean technology and Internet businesses.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Software companies took the biggest bite out of the $21.8 billion invested in venture capital deals in 2010, but investors also had a big appetite for clean technology and Internet businesses.


That trend was part of a larger uptick in venture capital investments in U.S. companies. Last year, such investments increased for the first time since 2007, according to the MoneyTree Report from Pricewaterhou...

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