http://www.thestandard.com./node/124645/comments comments feed. en U.S. Tech funding falls 50% in first quarter? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter <p> <p> </p> <p>We all knew venture capital funding's drying up. But just how bad was it? For the last three months of 2008, VC investment to private companies fell <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123216160040792831.html">30% from $7.9 billion to $5.5 billion</a> from the same period a year ago. Q4 funding was at its lowest level since 2005, according to VentureSource. </p> <p>It was particularly bad for U.S. tech startups, which received just $2.2 billion in Q4, or 39% less than the year-ago period of $3.6 billion. IT investing was at its lowest level since Q1 1997. As the pot gets smaller, so do the number of deals, which dropped 25% for Q4 to 266 from 355. </p> <p>Prediction: U.S. investing for tech companies will drop 50% or more in Q1 2009 from the same period a year ago. The IT sector secured <a href="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:BKpSe7GRF8AJ:fis.dowjones.com/1Q08USFinPR.pdf+VC+funding+first+quarter+2008+venturesource+%243.88+billion&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us">$3.88 billion in Q1 2008</a>, which means IT investments must fall below $1.95 billion for Q1 2009. <a href="http://fis.dowjones.com/products/venturesource.html">VentureSource</a> data will be used to judge this prediction.</p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digiart2001/">Digiart2001</a>/Flickr</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter#comments Apple Business & Finance Cisco co: VentureSource Google IT funding Microsoft Silicon Valley startups tech funding VC Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:24:13 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124645 at http://www.thestandard.com. U.S. Tech funding falls 50% in first quarter? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter <p> <p> </p> <p>We all knew venture capital funding's drying up. But just how bad was it? For the last three months of 2008, VC investment to private companies fell <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123216160040792831.html">30% from $7.9 billion to $5.5 billion</a> from the same period a year ago. Q4 funding was at its lowest level since 2005, according to VentureSource. </p> <p>It was particularly bad for U.S. tech startups, which received just $2.2 billion in Q4, or 39% less than the year-ago period of $3.6 billion. IT investing was at its lowest level since Q1 1997. As the pot gets smaller, so do the number of deals, which dropped 25% for Q4 to 266 from 355. </p> <p>Prediction: U.S. investing for tech companies will drop 50% or more in Q1 2009 from the same period a year ago. The IT sector secured <a href="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:BKpSe7GRF8AJ:fis.dowjones.com/1Q08USFinPR.pdf+VC+funding+first+quarter+2008+venturesource+%243.88+billion&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us">$3.88 billion in Q1 2008</a>, which means IT investments must fall below $1.95 billion for Q1 2009. <a href="http://fis.dowjones.com/products/venturesource.html">VentureSource</a> data will be used to judge this prediction.</p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digiart2001/">Digiart2001</a>/Flickr</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter#comments Apple Business & Finance Cisco co: VentureSource Google IT funding Microsoft Silicon Valley startups tech funding VC Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:24:13 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124645 at http://www.thestandard.com. U.S. Tech funding falls 50% in first quarter? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter <p> <p> </p> <p>We all knew venture capital funding's drying up. But just how bad was it? For the last three months of 2008, VC investment to private companies fell <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123216160040792831.html">30% from $7.9 billion to $5.5 billion</a> from the same period a year ago. Q4 funding was at its lowest level since 2005, according to VentureSource. </p> <p>It was particularly bad for U.S. tech startups, which received just $2.2 billion in Q4, or 39% less than the year-ago period of $3.6 billion. IT investing was at its lowest level since Q1 1997. As the pot gets smaller, so do the number of deals, which dropped 25% for Q4 to 266 from 355. </p> <p>Prediction: U.S. investing for tech companies will drop 50% or more in Q1 2009 from the same period a year ago. The IT sector secured <a href="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:BKpSe7GRF8AJ:fis.dowjones.com/1Q08USFinPR.pdf+VC+funding+first+quarter+2008+venturesource+%243.88+billion&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us">$3.88 billion in Q1 2008</a>, which means IT investments must fall below $1.95 billion for Q1 2009. <a href="http://fis.dowjones.com/products/venturesource.html">VentureSource</a> data will be used to judge this prediction.</p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digiart2001/">Digiart2001</a>/Flickr</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter#comments Apple Business & Finance Cisco co: VentureSource Google IT funding Microsoft Silicon Valley startups tech funding VC Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:24:13 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124645 at http://www.thestandard.com. U.S. Tech funding falls 50% in first quarter? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter <p> <p> </p> <p>We all knew venture capital funding's drying up. But just how bad was it? For the last three months of 2008, VC investment to private companies fell <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123216160040792831.html">30% from $7.9 billion to $5.5 billion</a> from the same period a year ago. Q4 funding was at its lowest level since 2005, according to VentureSource. </p> <p>It was particularly bad for U.S. tech startups, which received just $2.2 billion in Q4, or 39% less than the year-ago period of $3.6 billion. IT investing was at its lowest level since Q1 1997. As the pot gets smaller, so do the number of deals, which dropped 25% for Q4 to 266 from 355. </p> <p>Prediction: U.S. investing for tech companies will drop 50% or more in Q1 2009 from the same period a year ago. The IT sector secured <a href="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:BKpSe7GRF8AJ:fis.dowjones.com/1Q08USFinPR.pdf+VC+funding+first+quarter+2008+venturesource+%243.88+billion&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us">$3.88 billion in Q1 2008</a>, which means IT investments must fall below $1.95 billion for Q1 2009. <a href="http://fis.dowjones.com/products/venturesource.html">VentureSource</a> data will be used to judge this prediction.</p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digiart2001/">Digiart2001</a>/Flickr</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter#comments Apple Business & Finance Cisco co: VentureSource Google IT funding Microsoft Silicon Valley startups tech funding VC Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:24:13 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124645 at http://www.thestandard.com. U.S. Tech funding falls 50% in first quarter? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter <p> <p> </p> <p>We all knew venture capital funding's drying up. But just how bad was it? For the last three months of 2008, VC investment to private companies fell <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123216160040792831.html">30% from $7.9 billion to $5.5 billion</a> from the same period a year ago. Q4 funding was at its lowest level since 2005, according to VentureSource. </p> <p>It was particularly bad for U.S. tech startups, which received just $2.2 billion in Q4, or 39% less than the year-ago period of $3.6 billion. IT investing was at its lowest level since Q1 1997. As the pot gets smaller, so do the number of deals, which dropped 25% for Q4 to 266 from 355. </p> <p>Prediction: U.S. investing for tech companies will drop 50% or more in Q1 2009 from the same period a year ago. The IT sector secured <a href="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:BKpSe7GRF8AJ:fis.dowjones.com/1Q08USFinPR.pdf+VC+funding+first+quarter+2008+venturesource+%243.88+billion&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us">$3.88 billion in Q1 2008</a>, which means IT investments must fall below $1.95 billion for Q1 2009. <a href="http://fis.dowjones.com/products/venturesource.html">VentureSource</a> data will be used to judge this prediction.</p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digiart2001/">Digiart2001</a>/Flickr</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter#comments Apple Business & Finance Cisco co: VentureSource Google IT funding Microsoft Silicon Valley startups tech funding VC Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:24:13 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124645 at http://www.thestandard.com. U.S. Tech funding falls 50% in first quarter? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter <p> <p> </p> <p>We all knew venture capital funding's drying up. But just how bad was it? For the last three months of 2008, VC investment to private companies fell <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123216160040792831.html">30% from $7.9 billion to $5.5 billion</a> from the same period a year ago. Q4 funding was at its lowest level since 2005, according to VentureSource. </p> <p>It was particularly bad for U.S. tech startups, which received just $2.2 billion in Q4, or 39% less than the year-ago period of $3.6 billion. IT investing was at its lowest level since Q1 1997. As the pot gets smaller, so do the number of deals, which dropped 25% for Q4 to 266 from 355. </p> <p>Prediction: U.S. investing for tech companies will drop 50% or more in Q1 2009 from the same period a year ago. The IT sector secured <a href="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:BKpSe7GRF8AJ:fis.dowjones.com/1Q08USFinPR.pdf+VC+funding+first+quarter+2008+venturesource+%243.88+billion&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us">$3.88 billion in Q1 2008</a>, which means IT investments must fall below $1.95 billion for Q1 2009. <a href="http://fis.dowjones.com/products/venturesource.html">VentureSource</a> data will be used to judge this prediction.</p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digiart2001/">Digiart2001</a>/Flickr</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter#comments Apple Business & Finance Cisco co: VentureSource Google IT funding Microsoft Silicon Valley startups tech funding VC Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:24:13 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124645 at http://www.thestandard.com. U.S. Tech funding falls 50% in first quarter? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter <p> <p> </p> <p>We all knew venture capital funding's drying up. But just how bad was it? For the last three months of 2008, VC investment to private companies fell <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123216160040792831.html">30% from $7.9 billion to $5.5 billion</a> from the same period a year ago. Q4 funding was at its lowest level since 2005, according to VentureSource. </p> <p>It was particularly bad for U.S. tech startups, which received just $2.2 billion in Q4, or 39% less than the year-ago period of $3.6 billion. IT investing was at its lowest level since Q1 1997. As the pot gets smaller, so do the number of deals, which dropped 25% for Q4 to 266 from 355. </p> <p>Prediction: U.S. investing for tech companies will drop 50% or more in Q1 2009 from the same period a year ago. The IT sector secured <a href="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:BKpSe7GRF8AJ:fis.dowjones.com/1Q08USFinPR.pdf+VC+funding+first+quarter+2008+venturesource+%243.88+billion&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us">$3.88 billion in Q1 2008</a>, which means IT investments must fall below $1.95 billion for Q1 2009. <a href="http://fis.dowjones.com/products/venturesource.html">VentureSource</a> data will be used to judge this prediction.</p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digiart2001/">Digiart2001</a>/Flickr</p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/u-s-tech-funding-falls-50-first-quarter#comments Apple Business & Finance Cisco co: VentureSource Google IT funding Microsoft Silicon Valley startups tech funding VC Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:24:13 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124645 at http://www.thestandard.com.