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Web 2.0 Investments & Europe vs USA
Boutique investment bank First Capital used the quiet holiday period to produce some research on venture capital investment into Web2.0* Discover how Europe compares to the buoyant US market, and more...
2005 VENTURE CAPITAL WEB 2.0 INVESTMENT STATISTICS: US
ENTREPRENEURS RAISE TEN TIMES MORE THAN EUROPE
Boutique investment bank First Capital used the quiet holiday
period to produce some research on venture capital investment
into Web2.0* The highlights have been released today and here
the author explains some of the principal fndings
By Paul Fisher
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We have used the traditionally-quiet holiday period to keep
ourselves very busy running some research on venture capital
investment into Web2.0*.
Why did I want to run these numbers?
It is obvious to me that there is a high interest-level amongst
European VCs in the sector, yet I was seeing a very low level of
Web2.0 done deals in VC portfolios and on the deal
sheets.
Furthermore, when we ran our Web 2.0 European event, we noted an
under-supply of European entrepreneurs with compelling Web2.0
businesses.
So I was expecting the stats to show low levels of investment
into Web2.0 companies in European compared to the US. However
the discrepancy was even greater than I had expected...
[...]
Continue reading First Capitals principal research findings
here:
http://paulfisher.typepad.com/growth_technology_venture/2006/01/2005_venture_ca.html
About the Author:
Paul Fisher is Associate Director of First Capital (www.firstcapital.co.uk),
the boutique investment bank, and has a particular interest in
companies in the following sectors: Web 2.0; Media technology;
Analytics; Web-based models; Signal processing software. His
blog can be found at http://paulfisher.typepad.com/
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