Venture capitalists boost confidence: cloud computing and mobile technology holds

Beijing time August 13 afternoon news, the U.S. venture Capital Association and Deloitte Wednesday released a new survey results show that the confidence of venture capitalists are increasing, they are looking at the technology sector.

The survey, called Global venture capital confidence, shows that investors are increasingly bullish on cutting-edge sectors of the technology industry, including cloud computing, mobile technology and robotics (28.560, 0.00, 0%).

"This is a positive signal for the market as a whole, especially in the field of science and technology. Jim Atteville Jim Atwell, a Deloitte management partner, said, "technology companies have the strongest confidence." ”

To write this report, the American Venture Capital Association and Deloitte surveyed more than 300 venture capitalists around the world in May and June this year to understand their confidence in the global and specific markets and industries. The results show that the confidence of venture capitalists has risen for 3 consecutive years. The report attributed this to the favourable environment of capital markets, the many investment opportunities and the strong investment climate.

The most promising area for investors is cloud computing, scoring as high as 4.11 points (out of 5 points). Attwell says that because of the need for less capital, cloud computing attracts many investors.

"The cost of this business is low, and it can generate income over and over again." "This business model is attractive to venture capitalists," he said. ”

Followed by mobile technology, scoring 4.02 points. The third is the health it and services sector, scoring 3.94 points. Other areas of higher scoring include corporate software, consumer software, new media/social networking and robotics. In fact, of the 7 areas with the highest confidence, 6 are from the technology industry.

In some areas the confidence index is rising in a straight line, such as a robot. "The robot has been in the spotlight for some time and it has grown by 14% in a year." Attwell said.

In addition to confidence in the technology industry, investors are bullish on the U.S. market. Since the release of the report, the United States has become the first country with a confidence index of more than 4 points. In the survey, the United States received a high score of 4.03 points. Israel ranked second with 3.71 points, and Canada ranked third in 3.48.

Venture capital financing in the second quarter of this year was the highest in the single quarter since 2007, with 78 funds pledging to invest 7.4 billion dollars, according to data released by Thomson Reuters and the American venture Capital association.

Although venture capitalists are confident in the US, there has been a decline in confidence in U.S. government policy. In fact, the US government's policy is at the end of the country's confidence index. Teville said that this stems mainly from legal immigration reform, tax reform and patent reform and many other issues.

"The impasse in Washington has created the lowest level of confidence." "Attwell said.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)