Robust fund raising and liquidity prices in 2005, along with global investing, forecast renewed vigor for Venture Capital in 2006; 2005 year-end global venture-capital investment report from Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 November 2005-DOW JONES: Robust fund raising and liquidity prices in 2005, along with global investing, forecast renewed vigor for Venture Capital in 2006; 2005 year-end global venture-capital investment report from Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21112005 NEW YORK and LONDON - Following an active year of rebuilding in 2004, venture capital investing sustained the momentum in 2005 in the major markets of the U.S., Europe and Israel, according to the annual year-end analysis by Ernst & Young LLP and Dow Jones VentureOne.

Most notable was the fact that during the course of 2005, fund raising by venture-capital firms increased significantly with venture capitalists stockpiling the most investment...