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January 16, 2020 | Tom Ballard

It’s another record year nationally for venture capital

The venture industry deployed $136.5 billion in U.S.-based companies in 2019, surpassing the $130 billion-mark for the second consecutive year, according to the latest report from the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. The report also noted that, although venture-backed exit activity cooled off in the fourth quarter, 2019 recorded another annual record for U.S. exits with a total value of $256.4 billion across 882 liquidity events.

Keep a watch out for our annual”Investor Outlook” series that will begin posting soon.


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