Dow Jones Shows Slight Decline in Venture Deals, Dollars, Since Last Year (Dow Jones)
Venture capital firms invested $2.3 billion in 184 startups that Dow Jones classifies as healthcare, which includes healthcare services, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical software and IT. That was an 18 percent decline in capital and 12 percent slide in deals from the $2.8 billion that went into 209 deals in the second quarter of 2010. Running contrary to the downturn were VC deals in medical software and IT, where $198 million invested in 19 deals represented a 27 percent rise in capit...
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