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Funding for startups fell 19 percent in the first three months of the year, as cautious venture capitalists funneled less money into fewer deals. According to a study out Friday, startup investments fell to $5.8 billion in the January-March quarter from $7.1 billion in the same period in 2011. The companies receiving deals were mainly in the Internet, energy and medical device sectors in the later stages of development. There were 758 deals completed during the quarter, 15 percent fewer than the 889 a year earlier.

Funding for startups fell 19 percent in the first three months of the year, as cautious venture capitalists funneled less money into fewer deals. According to a study out Friday, startup investments fell to $5.8 billion in the January-March quarter from $7.1 billion in the same period in 2011. The companies receiving deals were mainly in the Internet, energy and medical device sectors in the later stages of development. There were 758 deals completed during the quarter, 15 percent fewer than the 889 a year earlier.

SAN FRANCISCO -- While venture capitalists retrenched, many of the companies they helped create expanded during the past three years of economic turmoil, according to a study released yesterday. Venture-backed firms created 600,000 jobs nationwide from January 2001 through December 2003, a net gain of 6.5 percent, said Global Insights, a research firm that conducted the study for the National Venture Capital Association, an industry trade group. Revenue among the venture-backed companies climbed $212 billion, or 11.6 percent, during those three years, the study found.

Investments by venture capitalists in new companies increased dramatically last year, both nationally and in New England, where biotechnology funding led a rebound during the final quarter of 2011. Venture firms invested $28.4 billion in 3,673 US deals in 2011, an increase of 22 percent in dollars and a 4 percent rise in the number of deals compared with the prior year, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Seventeen companies funded by venture capitalists made their US stock market debuts during the final three months of 2003, contributing to the busiest quarter for initial public offerings in three years, according to figures released yesterday. The venture-backed IPOs completed in the fourth quarter represented the most since the final quarter of 2000, when 21 start-ups seeded by venture capitalists ripened into public companies, based on data compiled by Thomson Venture Economics for the National Venture Capital Association.

Venture capital investments in New England companies hit the highest dollar level in a decade, with $1.1 billion netted in the second quarter. The sheer number of completed deals - 119 - was the highest for a single quarter since 2008, with most of the investments flowing to software, life sciences, alternative energy, and Internet companies. Those industries fueled double digit growth in venture investments nationwide, according to the MoneyTree Report, to be released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, with data provided by Thomson...

Investor enthusiasm for Internet-based businesses has fueled rapid growth in the market for initial public offerings nationwide, but Massachusetts, which hosts few such companies, has not shared in the boom. Driven by companies like the social network LinkedIn Corp., which raised $352 million in an IPO in May, and Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc., which went public with a $235 million offering in June, there were 36 venture-backed IPOs in the first six months of 2011, according to a joint report by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association.

Investments by venture capitalists in start-up companies were down sharply in the first quarter of this year, as funders discovered they don't have to put up as much money these days to get a new company going. New England start-ups received $678 million from venture capital firms during the period, down 14 percent from the last quarter of 2011, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association. Nationally, the decline was somewhat larger: a 19 percent drop in the amount invested...

Investment in New England start-up companies by venture capital firms plummeted in the third quarter, falling 45 percent from the previous quarter to $586 million, as investors pulled back in life sciences, according to a report to be released today. Venture capital investment, a crucial source of funding for new companies, also declined nationwide during the same period but not as sharply: down 12 percent in the third quarter to $6.95 billion, according to the MoneyTree Report, published by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association and based on data...

Investments by venture capitalists in new companies increased dramatically last year, both nationally and in New England, where biotechnology funding led a rebound during the final quarter of 2011. Venture firms invested $28.4 billion in 3,673 US deals in 2011, an increase of 22 percent in dollars and a 4 percent rise in the number of deals compared with the prior year, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters.

Chip Clark, chief executive of the Cambridge life-sciences start-up Genocea Biosciences Inc., raised $35 million from a group of venture capital firms last year. It wasn't easy. "I would describe the mood as very selective," he said. It is getting harder for life-sciences start-ups and growth companies, once the darlings of investors, to raise funding from venture capital firms. Clark's read on the market was confirmed last week, when the third-quarter 2011 MoneyTree report on venture capital investing showed a steep decline across the country in venture investments in the...

Venture capitalists invested more money in more U.S. startups in the third quarter than they did a year earlier — especially in the software industry. Compared with the previous quarter, however, there were declines in both the amount of money invested and the number of deals made. This suggests that investors may be getting more cautious about the economy and the volatile stock market, which has caused many companies to hold off on going public — when many venture capitalists get their payoff.

Investment in New England start-up companies by venture capital firms plummeted in the third quarter, falling 45 percent from the previous quarter to $586 million, as investors pulled back in life sciences, according to a report to be released today. Venture capital investment, a crucial source of funding for new companies, also declined nationwide during the same period but not as sharply: down 12 percent in the third quarter to $6.95 billion, according to the MoneyTree Report, published by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital...

Venture capitalists invested more in U.S. startups in the second quarter than they did during the same period a year ago, suggesting that investors are ramping up their search for the next Facebook or Twitter. In the April-June period, startup investments climbed 5 percent to $7.5 billion, up from $7.2 billion in the year-ago quarter, according to a study published Wednesday. That funding went to 966 startups — down 3 percent from the 998 startups that received funding in the second quarter of 2010, but up 19 percent from the 814 that were funded first three...

Venture capital investments in New England companies hit the highest dollar level in a decade, with $1.1 billion netted in the second quarter. The sheer number of completed deals - 119 - was the highest for a single quarter since 2008, with most of the investments flowing to software, life sciences, alternative energy, and Internet companies. Those industries fueled double digit growth in venture investments nationwide, according to the MoneyTree Report, to be released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, with data...

Investor enthusiasm for Internet-based businesses has fueled rapid growth in the market for initial public offerings nationwide, but Massachusetts, which hosts few such companies, has not shared in the boom. Driven by companies like the social network LinkedIn Corp., which raised $352 million in an IPO in May, and Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc., which went public with a $235 million offering in June, there were 36 venture-backed IPOs in the first six months of 2011, according to a joint report by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association.

SAN FRANCISCO - Venture capitalists cut their US investments in half during the spring, the second consecutive quarter to mark a more than 50 percent decline, leaving the money flowing to start-ups at the slowest trickle in 12 years. Nearly $3.7 billion poured into 612 venture capital deals in the three months ended in June, according to statistics to be released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Reuters, and the National Venture Capital Association. The dollars invested represented a 51 percent drop from more than $7.5 billion during the same period last year.