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TLDR: The number and value of venture capital deals in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area in the fourth quarter of 2023 fell from the previous year and the previous quarter. The Seattle region’s

TLDR: – VCs have low expectations for IPOs but see a rebound in M&A. – Optimism about lower interest rates and growing interest from private equity investors and better-capitalized companies is driving

TLDR: Rainbow Shines With $12 Million in Funding Rainbow, a general underwriter building tailored small business insurance products, has raised $12 million in seed funding with participation from several venture capital firms

TLDR: – Venture-capital backed startups are mostly concentrated in the software industry, leaving other sectors with minimal investment. – This lack of investment in important sectors means fewer new companies and ideas,

TLDR: Venture-capital backed startups tend to focus on software industries, leaving other sectors underfunded. Fifty Years, a venture capital firm, has created an “Opportunity Ratio” to measure the level of investment in

TLDR: – Venture-capital backed startups are heavily concentrated in the software industry, leaving other sectors with little investment. – Large industries lacking venture-capital funds must rely on existing firms or slow-growing startups

A venture capital firm called Fifty Years has analyzed the industries that receive the most and least investment relative to their size. They found that venture capital-backed startups mostly focus on software,

TLDR: – US startup funding dropped by nearly 30% in 2023, reaching $170.6 billion, according to PitchBook data. – The decline in funding is attributed to valuation resets

TLDR: This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition discusses the importance of venture capital in starting a business. The Jacksonville Venture Competition, an early-stage funding competition and conference, is scheduled for March 12-13

TLDR: Oregon startups saw a significant decline in venture capital investment in 2023, with funding dropping by more than half compared to the previous year. This is the second consecutive year that