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Venture Capitalists Look Ahead to a Bleak Year
bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/18/2008
Venture Capitalists Look Ahead to a Bleak Year
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Venture capitalists are glum about 2009 and predict investments will decline sharply. Internet and chip companies will be hit the worst, they said in a new survey.

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Would You Like Your Calls Forwarded to the Under-The-Desk Line, Mr. Moritz?
Digital Daily — ... that “[Many start-ups that emerged in the recent boom will end up] spattered on windshields and radiator grills and be forgotten.” Just one venture-backed company, Rackspace Hosting, has gone public in the past nine months. And now the National Venture Capital Association’s annual survey (NVCA) forecasts a 10 percent decline in venture investment for 2009. Of the 400 venture capitalists surveyed by the NVCA … ...

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