http://www.metrics2.com/blog/financial_markets/ VC, Private Equity, and Financial Markets by the Numbers en Copyright 2007 Mon, 14 May 2007 16:36:34 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2ysb5-20051201 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss U.S. companies that received venture capital from 1970-2005 accounted for 10 million jobs and $2.1 trillion in revenues in 2005, according to a study conducted by Global Insight for the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). This represents 9% of the total private sector work force and 16.6% of total U.S. GDP. Venture investment itself represents just 0.2% of U.S. GDP.  ]]> http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/03/26/venturebacked_companies_in_us_account_for_17_of_gd.html http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/03/26/venturebacked_companies_in_us_account_for_17_of_gd.html Private Equity/VC Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:38:30 -0500 Private-equity funds continued to increase their dominant position on both ends of the domestic markets; they accounted for roughly one-fourth of M&A activity and sponsored more than 40% of all IPOs, with the time between purchase and sale often shrinking to mere months, reports Dealmaker magazine.  ]]> http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/03/23/private_equity_bonus_scorecard_2006_dealmaker.html http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/03/23/private_equity_bonus_scorecard_2006_dealmaker.html Private Equity/VC Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:56:00 -0500 The median pre-money valuation of U.S. venture-backed companies reached $18.5 million in 2006, compared to $15 million in 2005, according to VentureOne data. This is the highest median valuation since the peak of $25.1 million in 2000.  ]]> http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/26/premoney_valuation_of_vcbacked_startups_reaches_18.html http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/26/premoney_valuation_of_vcbacked_startups_reaches_18.html Private Equity/VC Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:37:11 -0500 Charitable contributions to higher education grew 9.4% to a record $28 billion in the last academic year, according to a report by the Council for Aid to Education. Contributions to Stanford University rose 50% to top $911.6 million, the largest amount ever raised by a U.S. university in a year, according to the report. ]]> http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/22/charitable_giving_to_colleges_grew_to_a_record_28.html http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/22/charitable_giving_to_colleges_grew_to_a_record_28.html Education Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:14:45 -0500 The net amount of money invested in exchange traded funds climbed 1.1% or $4.5 billion in January to $422 billion, according to State Street Global Advisors, reports IBD.  ]]> http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/14/etf_assets_jump_11_to_422_billion_in_january_set_t.html http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/14/etf_assets_jump_11_to_422_billion_in_january_set_t.html Mutual Funds/ETFs Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:36:02 -0500 The population of affluent and wealthy individuals in North America will grow 24% to 37.7 million by 2010 from from 30.4 million in 2006, according to Celent. The report expects this affluent group to control over $19 trillion in assets by 2010.  ]]> http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/12/affluent_north_americans_to_reach_377_million_and.html http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/12/affluent_north_americans_to_reach_377_million_and.html Personal Finance Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:56:33 -0500 Americans lost about $49.3 billion in 2006 to identity theft criminals, a 11.5% decline from $55.7 billion identity theft loss in 2005, on increased vigilance among consumers and businesses, according to The 2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report by Javelin Strategy & Research. ]]> http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/12/identity_theft_loss_falls_12_to_49_billion_in_2006.html http://www.metrics2.com/blog/2007/02/12/identity_theft_loss_falls_12_to_49_billion_in_2006.html Personal Finance Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:25:07 -0500