Global Venture Capital Survey: VCs see growth overseas, not in U.S. - Triangle Business Journal:

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Despite finding sluggish investment trends, the annual survey captures substantial optimism amongthe investors. “While the recessiojn has slowed the pace of venture investing in theshorg term, it may very well have expedited the globa evolution of the industry in the long run,” said Mark Deloitte LLP’s national managing partner of venturr capital services. “In recent years, many entrepreneura who have been educated in the United States have returnexd home to start companies in their home The playing field continues to level out in termsd of new innovationhot spots, broader accesxs to capital and growing regional ecosystems that fostert risk taking and capital formation.
” Venture capitalist agree that investments are more likely to increase in countriesw outside of the U.S. than domestically in the next threse years. Half of the venture capitalists surveyed said investment will increased inAsia (excluding India); 43 percent named India; 36 percengt selected South America; 25 percent said Europew and the United Kingdom; and just 17 percent said investmenyt would increase in North Fifty-two percent of all venture capitalist s surveyed said they already invest outside theire home countries.
“As the survet results suggest, we will see more globalization in the next not only in terms of investments but also in fundraising and exitxas well,” said Mark Heesen, presiden of the NVCA. “Those countries that can nurturer entrepreneurs and investors as well as offerr attractive exit opportunities have the most to gain economicallu in the next he added. Survey respondentxs said China stood to benefit most from shiftz in investment caused by the economic When it comesto fundraising, the majoritgy of VCs predicted that more of their limited partners wouldx come from outside their home and 38 percent said they expected the numbefr of foreign limited partners to remaih unchanged.
Other findings from the survey included anothert vote of confidence for investment in the clean tech The survey suggests most venturecapitalists aren’t adjusting their strategiez when it comes to whichg industries they are funding, and clean tech is one of thosr industries that’s been getting a lot of More than 60 percent of the venturr capitalists surveyed said they expect to increasse their investments in clean tech in the next threde years. Other industry sectors that investorx expect to give increase investmenft to include the medical device and equipment industryh and new media andsociao networking.