SAN DIEGO—While biotech andlife-sciences firms typically attract venture capital to San Diego, robotics, artificial intelligence andhealthcare-related companies received the mostdollars in 2017, CBRE first VP AndrewEwald tells GlobeSt.com.
According to a recent report from the firm, venture capitalactivity bounced back in 2017 after a slower 2016, thanks to strongback-to-back quarters in investment. The 2017 total was over $1.6billion, which is the highest deal volume on record for San Diego,according to data from CBRE Research, PwC/CB InsightsMoneyTree Report, Pitchbook andMattermark.
M&A activity was also very high in the region during 2017,including 23 M&A deals in Q4 alone. This figure includesannounced or completed deals involving San Diego companies eitheras the acquirer or the acquired. Additionally, two companies mademajor stock offerings or IPOs.
In Q4 2017, San Diego firms received $452 million of VC investment,down 4.3% from Q3 2017, but up 161.3% year-over-year. There were 28deals executed this quarter, on par with the three-yearaverage.
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
