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VC investments drop by 61 percent in 1st quarter: UCSD school of medicine lands $17m grant for environmental research.(BIOTECH)(Venture capital)

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| May 02, 2005 | Webb, Marion | COPYRIGHT 2009 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Venture capital investors were putting significantly less money into San Diego-based companies in the first three months of this year.

Local VC investments fell a whopping 61 percent to $136.5 million in the first quarter from $353.4 million in the first quarter last year, according to a recent survey by VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

Overall venture capital investment during the first quarter were $4.6 billion, a 16 percent decline from the same quarter a year ago.

Biotech investments in San Diego, which ranks third nationwide in terms of number of biotechnology companies, also dropped substantially in the first quarter.

Total biotech …

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