The current economic crisis that has so negatively impacted our country’s corporate performance and real estate marketplace has had similarly devastating effects on the venture capital and equity funding arenas. Three years ago, the venture capital and equity markets in the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond resembled a financial smorgasbord of funding sources, including angel investors, venture capital/equity firms, institutional structured finance houses, mezzanine lenders (equity disguised as debt), capital arms of REITS and other public entities, IPOs and subsequent public offerings, and off-shore funds. Until recently, that plentiful buffet of opportunity had dwindled to an almost empty cupboard of sources for venture and equity funding.
Venture financings as of late 2009 had been down across all geographical regions, industries and stages of development. Many venture capitalists believe that the industry is broken; virtually all agree that the industry has significant systemic difficulties. The tasks at hand for companies needing venture capital and equity funding are to (1) determine how to position themselves to be stellar candidates for the capital and equity that does still exist in our marketplace, and (2) know where to look to find the capital and funding.
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