February, 2014
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The Launch Place commits $250,000 to CirrusWorks to expand its technology
DANVILLE, Va. (Monday, Feb. 24, 2014) – The Launch Place,the Dan River Region’s leading entity to recruit emerging and serial entrepreneurs, announced today it will invest $250,000 in CirrusWorks Venture, LLC, specifically $75,000 now and $175,000 upon securing additional capital from private investors.
Useful Stats: U.S. Venture Capital Investment Dollars and Deals by State, 2008-13
Repeated from www.ssti.org/blog (January 21, 2014)
Powered by strong growth in the Internet and Software sectors, U.S. venture capital activity grew by about 7.5 percent in 2013, according to new data from the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Moneytree survey. Both venture dollars and deals ticked up last year, bouncing back to 2011 levels after a slow 2012. For the nation and most states, investment seems to have returned to its pre-crisis level.
