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Who’s in the money? … Would you believe telecom start-ups?

PwC report on venture investing in networking shows upturn led by consumer services.

By Cara Garretson, Network World, 10/31/06

As reported last week, the big news that came out of the third quarter MoneyTree survey — produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Financial — is that a few niches within the telecom sector saw significant interest from investors. Four of the Top 10 deals sealed in the third quarter were with telecom companies.

Browse through the data in our venture-capital database.

However, the majority of investor interest in the telecom sector is centered on companies designing the infrastructure to build a new generation of consumer-oriented services and applications, such as Limelight Networks with its digital media content distribution network.

That means enterprise IT won’t likely see the benefits of these investor dollars for a few years.

Consumer-oriented offerings “are what’s driving these investments, that’s certainly where the demand is," says Tracy Lefteroff, global managing partner of PwC’s venture capital and private equity practice. In a few years, once these infrastructure technologies such as wireless messaging services and mobile high-bandwidth delivery services are proven, they will probably trickle down into the more-conservative enterprise domain, he says.

Click to see: Top Ten

Top Ten
 Here are the largest funding deals made during the third quarter with network-related companies:

Company Product/service Amount received (in millions)
Limelight Networks Digital media content-distribution network $130
MobiTV Wireless network-management and -acceleration software $70
Boingo Wireless Wireless broadband Internet service $65
Handango Mobile download services and software $61
Visto Messaging services for mobile operators $51
NewMarket IT Removal and recycling service for old PCs $50
ProtoStar Operates high-power geostationary satellites $36
Force10 Networks Router/switch maker $35
SunRocket Internet-based telephony service $33
Motricity Mobile content service $32
SOURCE: MONEYTREE SURVEY

The software sector — a perennially hot area for venture capital investment — saw a significant decline during the third quarter with deals totaling 19% less than they had in the previous quarter. A lack of interest in enterprise-focused technology can again be cited, because the market for corporate software is so mature that there’s little room for newcomers, Lefteroff says. Much of the software-related funding activity during the third quarter went to start-ups with whiz-bang Web 2.0-ish products and services aimed at the consumer.

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