Illinois just had its best Q1 in terms of total venture funding since the first quarter of 2000, during the height of the dot-com boom, according to a new MoneyTree report released Wednesday.
In the first quarter of 2018, more than $375 million was invested across 36 deals in Illinois companies. In the first quarters of 2017 and 2016, $188 million and $345 million were invested across 30 and 39 deals, respectively, according to the report, comprised of data from PricewaterhouseCoopers and CB Insights.
