Venture Exits Might Be Down, But Total M&A Activity Is Definitely Picking Up
The value of venture-backed exits (which is almost entirely M&A these days) might be down about 50 percent in the third quarter, but total M&A activity (including public companies) is seeing a noticeable uptick. We ran some numbers on Crunchbase , which keeps track of all announced acquisitions , and in the third quarter $31.8 billion worth of acquisitions were announced, double the amount from the second quarter and up fourfold from the $7.6 billion low in the fourth quarter.
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Venture Exits Might Be Down, But Total M&A Activity Is Definitely Picking Up
October 2nd, 2009 in
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