First half 2006: 424 venture capital-deals in europe - total amount: 2,394 mio. €

In the first half of 2006 VC-facts, the expert in research of the venture capital and private equity market in europe, registered 424 vc-deals with a total amount of 2,394 Mio. Euro. This is the hightest volume for the last 3 years.

You can see above the different categories:
IT/Software/Communications: 245 deals/1,243 Mio. Euro
Life Sciences: 117 deals/825 Mio. Euro
Electronics: 20 deals/136 Mio. Euro
Renewable Energy: 16 deals/97 Mio. Euro
Nanotechnology/New Materials: 13 deals/44 Mio. Euro
Others (media, laser, …): 13 Deals/49 Mio. Euro

If you are interested in the complete list of all deals included financed company, category, investors, amount, stage, website, address, year of foundation, company profile, management - you will get more informations at: http://www.vc-facts.de

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Since 2002 VC-facts analyse the venture capital-scene in europe and the private equity-market in the german speaking area. The extensive VC-facts database contains all details of the transactions (investors, lawyers, advisors, contacts,..) and through our products and services we offer valuable insight into the trends in private equity and venture capital and its investment climate.
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