Industry Snapshots: Venture Capital
| Global Market*($billions) | U.S. Industry Revenues ($billions)** |
Employees (thousands) | Companies | U.S. Exports (Foreign net purchases of U.S. Securities, $billions) | U.S. Imports (U.S. Net purchases of foriegn securities, $billions) |
| $35.2 (2006) | $42 (2006) | 20 (2006) | 400-500 (2006) | $7(2006) | $unknown(2006) |
* Sources: Thomson Financial & the NVCA "Where US Domiciled VC Firms Invested in 2006,"Revenue is a combination of management fees and carried interest and this source is the Private Equity Intelligence as reported in the Financial Times March 19,2007.
Top 5 U.S. Private Equity Firms
- The Blackstone Group
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company
- Oaktree Capital Management LLC
- Thomas H. Lee Co
- Carlyle Group
Top 5 Most Active Investors in U.S. Companies
- Intel Capital
- New Enterprise Associates
- Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- U.S. Venture Partners
- Polaris Venture Partners
Top International Markets
- European Union
- China
- India
- Canada
- Israel