Some Venture Capital facts

Find below some interesting Venture Capital facts particularly about the USA:

• Top ten states for venture capital investing in 2008 were: CA, MA, NY, TX, WA, CO, NJ, PA, MN, VA.
• Venture capitalists typically invest and actively engage in their portfolio companies for 5 – 7 years, often longer and rarely less.
• The Clean Technology industry is the fastest growing sector of venture investment, growing 54 percent in the last year alone.
• 1 in every 3 Americans is positively impacted by a venture backed medical innovation.
• There are fewer than 700 venture capital firms in the United States.
• 1 in every 4 venture backed public companies was founded by a foreign born national.
• In 2008, corporate venture capital arms were investors in 19.2 percent of all venture deals.
• Venture-backed companies account for 10.4 million U.S. jobs and 18 percent of U.S. GDP.
• Since 1970, venture capitalists have invested $466 billion into more than 60,700 companies.