Money For Startups: Endangered Species?
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 01:31
in Mathematics & Economics
For innovative and high-tech startups that need financing, a worldwide drought is in the offing.Coming shortage of equity investmentThe Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reports a surge in early-stage entrepreneurial activity worldwide in 2011. Over 12 percent of US adults started a business in that year, compared to less than 8 percent in 2010. Entrepreneurship increased in three fourths of the developed countries GEM studied. Even in China and other countries where entrepreneurship was already high, entrepreneurial participation jumped 25% in 2011 [Klein].Some reports show US venture capital funding 22 percent above 2010 levels [Bigelow]. Other news stories paint the Austin VC market as hot. And yet... read more