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THIS WEEKS FEATURE ARTICLE:
www.hispaniconline.com/trends/2003/winter/managing/venture.html
By: Dante Fichera
MARKET OVERVIEW - April 11th through April 17th
This week Capital Hunter identified a total of 68 funding events in North America that raised a total of $1.672 billion in equity and debt.
Of the total 68 companies funded 51 are located in the United States. Below are the highlights for the week:
51 - Funded United States Companies
Total capital raised was $1.638 billion with $442 million in equity and $1.196 billion in debt.
Below is the break down by industry for the 51 funding events:
| Software |
13 |
| Communications |
6 |
| Biotech |
6 |
| Security Technologies |
4 |
| Storage Technologies |
2 |
| Internet Services/Technology |
4 |
| Semiconductors |
5 |
| Energy |
3 |
| Health Care/Medical Devices |
3 |
| Materials |
2 |
| Other Industries |
3 |
Of the total 51 companies financed, 40 are privately held and 11 are publicly traded companies. Venture capitalists must have read this newsletter last week because they increased their investments by 39% and funded 36 companies to the tune of $334 million. The average deal size this week was $9.28 million.
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