Four years ago Dr. Scott Shane wrote about a presentation he had made at a workshop at Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on trends in the venture capital industry. In the intervening period, a number of people have asked for updated slides.
The updated venture capital trends slides are now available. This article will highlight key venture capital trends.
Venture Capital Investors Rely on Acquisitions, Not IPOs, To Exit
Acquisitions have accounted for more than 80% of venture capital exits since 2001, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association. See slide above.
After a summer spent hiding out from Hamas rockets, this might be the time for asthmatics to head for the beach. An Israeli study shows that sun-intensive Vitamin D levels may be linked to frequency of asthma attacks.
Not getting enough Vitamin D appears to put asthmatics at higher risk of flare-ups, the large study found. Much of the Vitamin D in people’s bodies comes from exposure to the sun, though dermatologists recommend getting the vital ingredient from other sources because of the dangers of overexposure to the sun’s rays.
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting the computer networks of hospitals—one recently announced theft involved data from 4.5 million people who had received treatment from Community Health Systems (CHS), a company that runs more than 200 hospitals. Malware attacks are on the rise in many industries, but researchers from the security firm Websense say the rate at which attacks on hospitals has grown during the past year is unparalleled.
Exovite desarrollará en Tel Aviv una aplicación móvil para poder tratar lesiones musculares desde casa con electroestimuladores. Sólo 12 empresas en todo el mundo participan en esta iniciativa del gigante informático, encaminada a financiar proyectos de interés.
Se trata de DIG EAT ALL Food & Tech Living Lab, el primer programa mundial de aceleración de startups de alimentación y tecnología,.
Zumos sin azúcar, helados líquidos, robots de cocina destinados a reemplazar el microondas de aquí a cinco años o pagos automatizados en restaurantes son algunas de las ideas seleccionadas.
Durante cinco semanas las empresas recibirán el impulso necesario para llevar sus proyectos a nuevos niveles de desarrollo.
Kansas-based startup MindMixer just grabbed $17 million to better connect companies and governments with community members, consumers, and clients.
MindMixer is social-good tech. It is civic minded social networking, focused on connecting community organizations to one another and to the communities they serve to help projects get off the ground. Organizations can post ideas about community improvement projects, like the addition of bike racks in a downtown area, and community members can weigh in. The company hopes to make communication between local non-profits, government organizations, and community members more fluid.
New research looking at the costs of cardiovascular disease in six EU member states (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom) concludes that the financial burden will rise to €122.6 billion by 2020, up from €102.1 billion in 2014.
The research launched Thursday (28 August) by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) added that mortality from cardiovascular disease will also rise to 1,22 million in 2020, from 1,12 million today, and 93,584 will be among the working age population.
A new report published by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) shows that rates for heart disease and stroke continue to decline in Europe. However, more people in Europe are hospitalised.
he world is getting smarter — not its people, of course, but all those things around us that are getting Net-connected processors. And a recent report from the Acquity Group finds that many Americans will soon be adopting the new smartness.
In the late 19th Century, Thomas Edison baked cotton threads and shredded bamboo to create some of the earliest commercial pure carbon fiber for use as the first glowing filaments in light bulbs. Industrial engineers are no longer baking bamboo, but carbon fiber is still a subject of fascination as a super material.
