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The Top 5 Sectors By VC Investment Dollars For The Year 2012

We know software and biotech would be among the top 5 - but what exactly are the sectors have VCs have put in money in 2012? Here is the top 5:

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How do we digest these numbers? Software and Biotech would be the top two sectors, we knew that. There has been a lot of noise around Energy, so that makes sense as well. Medical devices and equipment, if you think outside of silicon valley, is huge. So that one is fine. The last one, IT services, is more like a steady stream investment.

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