The 2006 Global venture capital survey was designed to provide insight into the attitudes and intentions of venture capitalists around the world regarding specific geographic regions and industry sectors over the next five years. Venture capital is often seen as the life blood of the technology industry, offering the resource and capacity for ideas to be given the chance to develop from conception into stand-alone products/technologies or life changing products and services.

The 2006 Global venture capital survey was conducted in association with venture capital associations in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa. This annual survey, conducted in April and May 2006, is based on 505 responses from general partners of venture capital companies with assets under management ranging from less than $100 million to greater than $1 billion. Of the 505 total respondents, 279 were based in the Americas, 140 in Europe, Middle East and Africa and 86 in Asia Pacific.

This year’s results indicate that while the mature venture capital markets in the United States and the United Kingdom continue to develop, traditional geographical boundaries are less of a barrier as more venture capitalists look to new regions for new ideas, new markets, and new entrepreneurs.

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