The U.S. venture capital companies turn to believe in startups and thus, in Silicon Valley. The venture capitalist risked 12,800 million dollars to support new businesses in the first quarter, more than double the same period last year, when it hit bottom.
The first quarter activity has generated cautious optimism among venture capital companies, "said Mark Heesen, president of the American Association of these companies, the NVCA . " Volume Ad IPO is the largest since the beginning of the financial crisis, though still insufficient to declare the start of the crisis ".
The most optimistic figure is the number of acquisitions and mergers that has reached 111, the highest since 1975, of these operations, 81 are from businesses dedicated to technology. Regarding the IPO has been nine, more than double that in the first quarter last year. At that time any venture capital company dared to support IPO. Of the nine companies, three are from biotechnology, the most dynamic sector.
Source: El País
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