“Venture capital database CB Insights is releasing a new report today on the state of the VC industry and investments in 2012. For the year, $28.3 billion was invested by venture capital firms in 3,267 deals. However, it’s interesting to note that while seed VC funding hit highs during the year, overall investment fell from 2011’s $30+ billion level. And VC funding actually dipped for the second consecutive quarter in Q4 2012.
After Q3 2012’s deal activity levels (these were the highest since the dot-com days), Q4 stayed strong on a number of deals, which dipped slightly from 835 financings to 834 in the quarter. Funding in Q4 fell for the second straight quarter coming in at $6.8 billion. Funding slipped 7.5 percent from 2011 but still remained up 36 percent versus 2009.
Seed funding, which hit record levels in Q3 2012, still saw a strong quarter in Q4 2012, posting the second highest quarter for seed deals. It looks like the Series A crunch may not have taken full effect yet, as Series A deals saw the highest percentage of VC funding in the last five quarters.
New Enterprise Associates leads…”
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