Sunday, April 22, 2007
Here is the latest report fromt he National Venture Capital Association. Download a copy.
Some of the findings:
U.S. companies that received venture capital from 1970-2005 accounted for 10 million jobs and $2.1 trillion in revenues in 2005. This represents 9 percent of the total private sector work force and 16.6 percent of total U.S. GDP.
Venture-backed companies also outperformed their non-ventured counterparts between 2003 and 2005 with a 4.1 percent compound annual growth rate in jobs and an 11.3 percent compound annual growth rate in sales versus total private sector growth rates of 1.3 percent and 8.5 percent respectively.
The leading states in job growth (2003-2005) by venture-backed companies: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Georgia, Tennessee, Washington, New York, Virginia, Minnesota.
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The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
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Resource: Venture Capital Report
