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Janeway: Billions wasted in mid-2000s VC nanotech and cleantech investments
“Back in the mid-aughties some billions of dollars were wasted in venture guys investing in nanotechnology. Venture guys investing in science for ultimately Clean tech opportunities, but that were way upstream, that took much too long, much too much money, and …”
Janeway: Only four quarters between 2005 and 2019 saw 20+ venture IPOs
“Since then, we've had all of about four quarters in 15 years when there have been as many as 20 venture capital backed IPOs.”
Janeway: Venture-backed IPOs averaged 30 per quarter from 1980 to 2005
“From 1980, this is my own data, this data published in peer-reviewed journals, from 1980 to 2005, The average number of venture-backed IPOs per quarter was about 30, with a standard deviation of 10.”