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Revision as of 17:50, 11 November 2015
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===Venture Capital Investment by Industry===
Venture Capital has been predominantly investing in a small subset of industries, changing historically based on trends in the market.Software has historically dominated Venture Capital investments, with 28% of total deals and 32% of capital investment over the last ten years. Software investment peaked surrounding the dot-com bubble, and decreased sharply in both number of deals and capital investment after the burst. Recently, venture capital investment in software has returned to levels similar to the dot-com bubble The Top 5 Sectors by Capital Investment in 2015 (Quarter 1- Quarter 3) are: #Software ($18.86 Billion)#Biotech ($5.84 Billion)#Consumer Products & Services ($4.22 Billion) #Media & Entertainment ($3.83 Billion)#IT ($3.25 Billion)
===Top U.S. Venture Capital Firms (from Forbes[http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2015/03/25/midas-top-ten-list-2015/], by most exists since January 2014)===
