Bloomberg reported that venture capital funds raised $55.5 billion from investors in 2018, the most since the dot-com era, according to a report from the National Venture Capital Association and PitchBook.
Bloomberg noted that the boom is coinciding with uncertainty in the public markets as economists forecast a looming recession and investors see private companies as a higher yielding vehicle.
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