Venture Capital Valuations “Declined Across All Deal Stages” In Q1 2019

Last year ended with a bang for the venture capital market. According to the Q4 2018 Cooley Venture Financing Report, deal volumes and aggregate dollars invested at the end of last year, reached "historical highs," but the elevated level of activity did not continue on into the first quarter of 2019.

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According to Cooley, whos 1000+ lawyers around the world help entrepreneurs, investors and financial institutions with venture financing, during the first quarter of 2019 the total deal volume and aggregate dollars raised declined to $5.1 billion during the first three months of 2019, compared to nearly $10 billion at the end of last year. During the period, the firm handled...