VC Deals—the Later the Better

Recent statistics from Dow Jones VentureSource show that VCs favored later-stage deals in the third quarter of 2009, and that deal sizes were smaller altogether. Companies scoring later-stage deals accounted for more than half of all third-quarter deals. Last year, later-stage deals received 52% of all funding. Median deal sizes dropped $2 million, from $7 million last year to $5 million for the third quarter of 2009. Five million dollars is the lowest median deal size of the past 10 years, but is consistent with the past two quarters, illustrating a static flow for the economic investment sector. For more information, visit fis.dowjones.com/VS/3QUSFinancing.html.