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VC Market Is on Pace for Strongest Year Since Dot-Com Era (bloomberg.com)

Venture capitalists are spending cash at levels not seen since the dot-com era, and theyâ(TM)re raising money at a pace to match. From a report: Last quarter, VCs spent $27.3 billion in the U.S., according to a report set for publication Tuesday by research firm PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association, a trade group. That's the most in any second quarter since the group began tracking quarterly data more than a decade ago. Combined with a record-setting first quarter, the VC market had its strongest first-half-year performance since 2000. The $57.5 billion invested in startups so far this year has already surpassed the full-year total for six of the past 10 years. This year is on track to exceed the $81.9 billion invested last year, which was itself a record since the dot-com boom.

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  1. Re:#Walkaway is a Russian tag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    No it isn't - that is the DNC in emergency danger control trying to shoot down a true grassroots movement.

    'Oh negative press - it's the russians!' Bull.

    DNC are nuts, people are walking away. Accusing everything of the russians looks stupid and no-one credible believes that shit.

  2. Re:editor please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If no unicode means no emojis then I'm ok with Slashdot not supporting it.