{"id":10303,"date":"2012-07-10T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=10303"},"modified":"2012-07-10T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T15:01:00","slug":"venture-investors-increase-first-half-2012-fund-raising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=10303","title":{"rendered":"Venture Investors Increase First Half 2012 Fund Raising"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Venture capital (VC) funds in Europe and the U.S. have increased their fund raising in the first half of 2012 by double-digit percentages, according to Dow-Jones LP Source<\/a>, a financial industry research service. More fund raising by VCs indicates potentially more financing available for start-up companies liked those backed by venture investors.<\/p>\n

LP Source says in the first six months of 2012, 82 U.S. venture funds raised $13 billion, a 31 percent increase in capital secured over the first half of 2011. The 82 VCs \u00a0raising funds is a 12 percent increase over the 73 firms in first half of 2011.<\/p>\n

Funds raised by early-stage investors in the U.S. more than doubled from $1.3 billion in the first half of 2011 to $3.1 billion in 2012. Multi-stage funds increased their capital raised by 35 percent to $7.7 billion in the first half of 2012. Later-stage funds declined 28 percent, however, to $2.1 billion, compared to the same period in 2011.<\/p>\n

In Europe, 27 VC funds raised $2.3 billion, a 26 percent gain compared to the first half of 2011. The 27 companies raising funds matches the number for the first half of 2011.<\/p>\n

Early stage funds in Europe attracted most of the capital secured in the first half of 2012, raising $1.5 billion across 17 funds, a 34 percent increase compared to the same period last year. The $689 million raised by multi-stage funds was about the same as the $681 million raised during the first half of last year. Later stage funds did not report any closings, which LP Source says is not unusual for Europe.<\/p>\n

The gains made in funds raised by VCs mirrors increases in private equity<\/a> fundraising overall, says LP Source; VCs are a subset of private equity investors. In the first half of 2012, U.S. private equity funds raised $86 billion, a 27 percent increase in capital raised, while in Europe private equity funds raised $37.3 billion in the first half of 2012, a 39 percent increase in capital. In both the U.S. and Europe, however, the number of private equity funds raising capital declined compared to the first half of 2011.<\/p>\n

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