Early stage deals and IPO activity up

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Hoi mede-HLers,

 

Onderstaand goed nieuws over early stage venture capital in Europa:

 

Early stage deals and IPO activity up

 

The high-tech entrepreneur has at last got some hope again, especially with reports telling us that early stage VC deals in Europe are up, and that the number of venture-backed European IPOs is 2004 was the highest since 2000.

 

According to the European Venture Capital Report from VentureOne, a unit of Dow Jones and Ernst & Young, the total number of VC deals fell by 20% but early stage rounds represented one-third of all deals in Europe in 2004 —compared to 28% in 2003. The percentage of early stage deals steadily increased throughout 2004, with 35% of the deals in the fourth quarter alone targeted at seed and first rounds.

 

Je kunt verder lezen @ http://www.thechilli.com/articles/markets/high-tech/H037_VCandIPO.asp.

 

Met vriendelijke groet,

 

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