Science and Enterprise

Tag: statistics

  • U.S. Venture Capital Fundraising Drops by Half

    In the second quarter of 2010, 38 venture capital (VC) firms in the U.S. raised $1.9 billion, a decline of 49% compared to the first quarter of 2010 and the lowest level of financial commitments since the third quarter of 2003. These results were reported in a survey released today by National Capital Venture Association…

  • U.S. R&D Companies Employ 27 Million Worldwide

    More than 27 million people worldwide worked at U.S. companies in 2008 that fund or conduct research and development, according to new statistics from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Solid majorities of the 27.1 million employees in those companies worked in the U.S. (68%) or for manufacturing companies (60%). In these companies, however, just under…