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It seems very much like investments in small private companies are beginning to flow again, but US and European venture capitalists I have spoken with remain cautious and do not expect much of a sustained uptick until 2010. Each quarter of 2009 has seen VC funding on the rise as investors continue to gain faith in the market and come to realize that the sky is not falling in on their heads after all. KPMG reported that in the US, investors put US$4.8 billion into 637 deals in the third quarter, up from US$4.1 billion in the second quarter but down from US$7.16 billion for the same period a year ago. Longer term investment in areas such as clean technology is up at the expense of investment in software. This signals that VCs are prepared to make long-term investments in environment related technology and products which generally require more money and more time to reach a successful exit.