Total Venture Capital Dollars Invested in 2017 On Track to Reach Decade HighInvestors Pressed Pause on Fundraising as They Pump Capital into World's Most Promising Companies, Meanwhile PE Firms Provide Much Needed Liquidity for VC's Sluggish Exit Market SEATTLE, October 10, 2017-- Investment into venture-backed companies in 2017 is on track to match or exceed dollars deployed in 2016, and if this pace holds, full-year 2017 venture capital (VC) dollars invested could be the highest in the past decade, according to the 3Q 2017 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.