Monday, January 22, 2007

U.S. Venture Invesments Hit High, Washington Sees Growth

U.S. Venture Capital investing his a five year high in 2006, reaching $25.75B in investments, with Washington State seeing $1.07B of that investment, according to numbers released today by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne today. According to the report, capital investments in Washington State climbed 29% for the year, with nine more deals completed this year than last. However, deal totals for the fourth quarter was down by 13% in terms of deals and 2% in dollars, versus tghe fourth quarter of 2005. Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne did not release specifics for Oregon.