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Article: Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists' Confidence Holds Steady in Q3.
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- Investment Weekly News
- Article date:
- November 14, 2009
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The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index™ for the third quarter of 2009 registered 3.37 on a 5-point scale, holding exactly constant from the previous quarter's reading of 3.37. The new Q3 reading indicates a leveling off of venture capitalists' confidence in the future high-growth entrepreneurial environment in the Bay Area after rising the previous two consecutive quarters following a five-year low in confidence in Q4 2008. Authored by Mark Cannice, associate professor at the University of San Francisco (USF) School of Business and Professional Studies, this quarterly VC Index (Bloomberg ticker symbol: USFSVVCI) is based on an October 2009 survey of ...