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VC funding for open source down 12% in Q3

, October 16, 2008 @ 5:26 am ET

The figures originally reported here were preliminary and have been revised for a formal CAOS report to be published in the first half of 2009. In the interests of accuracy this data has now been removed. For a full assessment of VC funding in 2008 see this post.

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7 Responses to “VC funding for open source down 12% in Q3”

  1. VC FOSS Funding Fluxing | says:
    October 17, 2008 at 9:05 am

    [...] More detail over at 451 CAOS. [...]

  2. Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for October 18 » Silicon Florist says:
    October 19, 2008 at 2:03 am

    [...] 451 CAOS Theory » VC funding for open source down 12% in Q3 Via The 451 Group “The decline is not exactly unexpected. The overall market was down nearly 6% according to figures from The National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters, while there was bound to be some hangover for open source following the most successful quarter ever in Q1 and solid growth in Q2.” [...]

  3. Law & Life: Silicon Valley » Open Source Investments in Q3 2008 Down over Q3 2007 says:
    October 20, 2008 at 12:44 am

    [...] Given the fact, that the first quarter of 2008 was the largest ever for open source investments and that second quarter investments were also significant, this reduction is unsurprising. Matt noted that the open source market is small enough so that even one missed deal can effect the statistics.  His analysis also notes that the deals in this quarter are more late stage and the average deal size is larger ($9.6m); only two Series A/Seed deals were announced.  For more information, see Matt’s post. http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/10/16/vc-funding-for-open-source-down-12-in-q3/. [...]

  4. Kraig says:
    October 21, 2008 at 7:44 am

    Not that this is a surprise considering the state of the economy, funding is down for the quarter. I might expect that trend to continue for several quarters as well. Nothing more than the overall belt tightening that happens in a recession.

  5. Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for October 18 : Oregon Startup Blog says:
    November 3, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    [...] 451 CAOS Theory » VC funding for open source down 12% in Q3 Via The 451 Group “The decline is not exactly unexpected. The overall market was down nearly 6% according to figures from The National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters, while there was bound to be some hangover for open source following the most successful quarter ever in Q1 and solid growth in Q2.” [...]

  6. 451 CAOS Theory » How “why” is the most important question open source vendors should ask themselves says:
    December 3, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    [...] an open source vendor should be following, whether it is likely to gain a share of what little funding is available, and whether it is likely to survive current economic [...]

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