by Barry J. Kramer and Michael J. Patrick at Fenwick & West LLP, 2/17/2010
Fenwick & West LLP., a national law firm that provides comprehensive legal services to technology and life sciences clients of national and international prominence, has analyzed the terms of the venture financings in the Bay Area for the fourth quarter of 2009. In this week's Buzz article you will be able to take a closer look at the results of the Fenwick & West survey by Barry J. Kramer and Michael J. Patrick which found Up rounds exceeded down rounds in 4Q09 47% to 30%, with 23% of rounds flat. This was an improvement over 3Q09 when up rounds exceeded down rounds 41% to 36%, with 23% flat.
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