VC Trends for Startups
• • • • 2005 – invested $21.7 billion (2,939 deals) 2004 – invested $20.9 billion (2,876 deals) 2003 – invested $18.9 billion Increase due largely to late stage investments: $9.7 billion in 2005 $7.2 billion in 2004 $4.9 billion in 2003 Less than 2% in early/seed stage