Q1 was tough for the venture capital community in the US. Although there was the occasional bright spot, deal flow and capital raised were generally down, and consumer internet was hit particularly hard. Here’s what you need to know:
1. A drop in capital raised: in the US, $6.3 bn in venture capital was raised in Q1 across 717 deals – a decline of 18 percent YOY in capital and 9 percent in deal volume. One sector didn’t bear the brunt of it, though. Rather, ‘The declines were pretty evenly spread across industries so there weren’t any big winners or losers in the quarter,’ says Jessica Canning, global research director for Dow Jones VentureSource. However, she adds,’There were some surprises.’ Consumer internet venture investment fell, following ‘two exceptional investment years.’
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