By: Mike McAndrews, Jeff Faust, Chris Bitter, Megan Bigham
2014 was a great year for entrepreneurs with the largest growth in investment dollars since the turn of the 21st century. So, where did all of those investor dollars go? As a region with a considerable amount of well-known tech companies, it is not surprising that Silicon Valley is one of the main contributors of investments nationwide and thus has a strong influence over where these dollars were invested. In 2014, we saw most tech-related funding go to industries such as Software, Biotechnology, and IT Services. In this article, we highlight the Who, What and How Much of the 2014 investing boom.