From Idea to IPOVenture-Net Partners specialize in private equity offerings for start-up and other early-stage ventures. Our MissionOur mission is to facilitate the capitalization and development of viable business opportunities from start-up through a successful initial public offering or acquisition by a publicly-traded company. Our MarketDuring calendar year 2007, U.S. venture capital funds invested a total of $29.4 billion in 3,813 deals, an increase of 10.8 percent over 2006 levels and the highest total dollar amount since 2001 according to The MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thompson Financial. Tracy Letteroff of PricewaterhouseCoopers comments, "2007 was a good year to be an entrepreneur. With an encouraging M&A market and the most venture-backed IPOs that we've seen in several years, it's no surprise that VCs have stepped up their investments."
Anthony Romanello of Thomson Venture Economics says, "If you look at long-term returns over the past 10 or 20 years, you see that venture capital provides the best returns."
Thomas Burton, a partner at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, believes, "There just aren't enough quality deals to support the capital that wants to go into the industry."
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