The 2014 10th global venture capital survey by NVCA and Deloitte shows that Venture capital fundraising has been picking up steam in recent quarters with US venture capital firms having raised $7.4 billion in new commitments from 78 funds during the second quarter of 2014. A 24% increase compared to the number of funds raised during the first quarter, marks the strongest quarter for the number of funds raised since the fourth quarter of 2007. Venture capitalists invested $29.5 billion in 3,382 companies in 2013, with software the leading sector, receiving 37.3% of total dollars followed by biotechnology, which was less than half the amount at 15.4% of total investment. Among first fundings, software led the way with 591 companies getting their initial venture capital rounds, more than 46% of all first fundings. So how does the Venture Capital business rate Physical Security? In our 2014 research report we have identified some 12 transactions amounting […]