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Q3 2004 MoneyTree Survey07/12/2004. Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers. 
 US venture capital investing dipped in the third quarter of 2004 with investments of $4.3 billion going into 601 companies, says PricewaterhouseCoopers. That figure was below the prior quarter of $5.9 billion in Q2 2004, but equal to the year-ago figure of $4.3 billion in Q3 2003. Over the past two years, quarterly investing has floated between $4.2 billion and $5.9 billion. At the current pace, full-year 2004 is expected to exceed 2003’s total of $18.7 billion.
The life sciences sector (biotechnology and medical devices industries, together) continued to dominate as it has for the past nine consecutive quarters. Investments in the sector totalled $1.26 billion or 29% of all US venture capital. Proportionately, life sciences investing remained near historical highs.
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