There have been numerous headlines heralding the venture capital industry’s comeback after the long decade post-internet boom and bust. Others have been skeptical and opine that venture capital’s glory years are long behind it and while we continue to have more IPO exits and home-run technology investments, the industry is but a shadow of itself.
We now have the data to examine whether the industry is in real recovery. In this post we’ll use the data from the Burgiss Private iQ system to examine the case for recovery. In the next post, we’ll examine some factors which might throw a bit of a shadow on that conclusion.