It was a tough third quarter for venture capital, but Google Ventures was very busy.
Courtesy of Google Ventures Managing Partner Bill Maris and the rest of the Google Ventures team topped all venture firms with 21 deals. The venture affiliate of Google did 21 deals in the quarter, according to Dow Jones VentureSource, surpassing Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which did 17, and New Enterprise Associates and 500 Startups, which each did 16.
Overall, the venture deal pace for the three months ending with September was off 9% and the total amount invested was down 32%.
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