Venture capitalists and CEOs of venture-backed startups offer ...

2012 has been a somewhat lackluster for venture capital investments.

So will 2013 be better?

Venture capitalists and chief executives of venture-backed companies are offering their predictions in a survey released Wednesday by the National Venture Capital Association and ?Dow Jones VentureSource. (The survey polled more than 600 VC professionals and CEOs between Nov. 26 and Dec. 7.)

Here are some of the survey?s highlights:

? VCs are bearish compared with chief executives of venture-backed companies when it comes to predicting increases in overall investments next year: 27 percent vs. 43 percent

? 61 percent of venture capitalists see investment increases in business IT, followed by healthcare IT (57 percent) and consumer IT (35 percent).

? VCs see decreases in clean technology investments (61 percent), medical devices (53 percent) and biopharmaceuticals (49 percent).

? 67 percent of CEOs plan to raise additional funding next year despite predictions of fewer available VC dollars.

? Latin America topped the areas of increased U.S. investments (55 percent), followed by China (40 percent) and India (37 percent).

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Source: http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/venture-capitalists-and-ceos-of-venture-backed-startups-offer-predictions-for-2013.html/

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