2 posts and columns on life sciences

Announcing the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Trepidation Index

in News on January 22, 2010 at 9:50 am PT

Venture capitalists, your calls for smaller funds and for more of an old-school approach to investing have been answered. VC investments last year were the lowest since 1997, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released on Friday.
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Sad Guys on Sand Hill Road

in News on October 15, 2008 at 2:05 pm PT

Sad Guys on Trading Floors may soon have some new photographs of dismay to catalog, if the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index is any guide. Released this morning, the index puts VC confidence at its lowest point in the five-year history of the survey.