Comments on: Surprise! VC Funding Fell Off a Cliff in Q4

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These are important figures. Approved data is out, and it is a big dip.

By: Jamey

Jamey — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:31:20 +0000

2009 is certainly looking bright for some: Online lender Wonga.com secures $22m financing round – http://bit.ly/15kH8D

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Google’s New Fund Should Advance Its Goals, If It Has Them — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:00:51 +0000

[...] it’s likely to get in on more deals at lower valuations simply because so many other VCs have opted to sit on the sidelines. This is good. On the other hand, the range of industries at which it’s looking to throw [...]

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Hang Onto Your Plan B: Venture Triage Has Begun — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:51:13 +0000

[...] innovation won’t just stop.VCs are still making selective investments in early stage startups at newly reasonable valuations, hoping those deals are ripe by the time the economy reaches the [...]

By: Mavin Digital, Creating Here. » Blog Archive » What VCs Want

Mavin Digital, Creating Here. » Blog Archive » What VCs Want — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:05:50 +0000

[...] ever the companies they invest in. A sharp decline in investment activity of 33% was reported by Stacey Higginbotham of Gigaom. Early technology stage startups will find it challenging to survive the tough economy without a [...]

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Enough with the free crap, make stuff worth paying for — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:27:18 +0000

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By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:27:46 +0000

doth, I think Alex was using “our Austin based gigaom reporter,” to refer to my being in Texas. I’m still writing full time here at GigaOM despite my remote location deep in the Heart of Texas.

By: doth

doth — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:30:23 +0000

didn’t realize that stacey also worked for alex muse at the texas startup blog. Congrats on the new gig!

http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2009/01/24/good-news-seed-stage-investing-is-way-up/

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Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:25:14 +0000

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By: Surprise! VC Funding Fell Off a Cliff in Q4 « Fund house

Surprise! VC Funding Fell Off a Cliff in Q4 « Fund house — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:40:59 +0000

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Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:48:38 +0000

[...] Funding drops, as expected, with fourth-quarter investments dropping to a total of $5.4 billion invested in 818 [...]

By: whoopie

whoopie — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:37:42 +0000

companies of web2: enjoy your funding, this is the end of it. the VCs haven’t made a dime off of web2 save youtube. four years from now, funding individual websites will seem to make about as much sense as funding individual TV shows. its over, it was a great scam. how many tens of thousands in the bay area alone have made a decent living doing nothing but producing concept work and burning off VC capital? the business cycle of the bay area web startup in 2009 is simple: get funding, spend it all with nothing remotely resembling an exit, repeat.

By: VC funding down 33% last quarter « All the dull stuff

VC funding down 33% last quarter « All the dull stuff — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:30:28 +0000

[...] January 24, 2009 Says GigaOM. [...]

By: Good News: Seed Stage Investing is WAY Up! : Texas Startup Blog

Good News: Seed Stage Investing is WAY Up! : Texas Startup Blog — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:13:30 +0000

[...] in the last quarter of the year. Software investments are on top with biotech a close second. Stacey Higginbotham, our Austin based Gigaom reporter, has the full scoop in a generally depressing look at VC funding [...]

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:45:39 +0000

Bob, looking at the data, this year’s Q4 funding amount is the lowest since 2002. Not sure what you mean by the same order of magnitude, but the fourth quarter fundings this year also contributed less on a percentage basis to the whole year as compared with previous years — both in deals and in terms of dollars.

Abigail, like Om said, regional numbers may be up as there are generally fewer deals in a region so one big deal can skew the numbers. But glad to see Michigan getting some investment.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:42:01 +0000

@Abigail

It might be because of a handful of deals that things are getting skewed in Michigan – I am pretty certain it is going to be all around cleantech/new autos and those are big rounds.

Secondly, Colorado does have a very active investor in Foundry Group. They are helping that region get some zing.