This according to a new survey by the National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones VentureSource.
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On Saturday, Dow Jones VentureSource released its latest data on the freeze beginning in the venture world.
On the other hand, Dow Jones VentureSource has 6 categories, one of them bioinformatics, which straddles biotech and information technology.
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According to a Dow Jones VentureSource report, in 2010 the average age of acquired companies was just over five years.
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That year, 391 startups raised seed capital, according to Dow Jones VentureSource, up more than 50% from the prior year.
The Dow Jones VentureSource report on the state of European venture capital goes a long way to answering those two charges.
Dow Jones VentureSource provided the bulk of the data for our analysis.
As many as 28 of the 50 top venture-backed firms in 2011 have since raised additional equity financing, according to Dow Jones VentureSource, which, like The Wall Street Journal, is owned by News Corp.
Venture capital is increasingly becoming a winner-take-all business, with the top 10 firms raising 69% of funds in the first half of 2012, according to Dow Jones VentureSource, which like The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp.
While still only one-fourth the size of the U.S. venture capital market, China deal making growth far exceeds the action in the U.S. For the first three months of 2011, Dow Jones VentureSource reported U.S. gains of 5 percent for deals and 35 percent for investment.
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Last year, a total of 844 venture firms or corporate venture groups made at least one investment, a 4.7% drop from 2009, according to analysis by VentureSource, an industry tracker owned by Dow Jones.
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