WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW

Total debt and equity financings in the United States increased this reporting period by 183% to billion, compared to last week's $917 million. Below you will find a break down for this reporting period of significant financings in the United States, Canada, and internationally:

EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Total equity capital raised by U.S. companies this week was $1.010 billion. Below are straightforward graphs so that you can quickly see how the equity investments were distributed by Geography, Industry and Stage of Development:

GEOGRAPHY

An Idaho based company raised 44% of the total $1.010 billion in equity raised in the United States this past week. Micron Technology, Inc. is a Boise based NYSE company traded under ticker symbol MU. The company manufactures DRAM, SRAM, FLASH and other memory components and printed circuit board assemblies. Also produces PC's and remote intelligent communications products. Intel Capital invested $450 million in Micron in exchange for rights to common stock representing approximately 5.3 percent of Micron's outstanding common stock.

Note: States that received equity funding less than $20 million was included with the OTHER category.

INDUSTRY

Manufacturing companies received 46% of the total $1.010 billion in equity raised in the United States this period. Micron Technologies, Inc. was the largest financing in the manufacturing sector.

Note: Industries that received equity funding of $20 million or less were included with the OTHER category.

STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT

NYSE companies raised 63% of the equity this period. Again, Micron Technology was the largest financing in this category.

VENTURE CAPITAL

Venture capitalists in the United States invested 25% fewer dollars this past week compared to the week before and funded 21 Companies for a total of $210 million. The average venture capital deal size this week was approximately $10 million. Below you will find the Year to Date Venture Capital investment activity in the United States:

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