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Conference Report: High Tech Lives

Graeme Thickens reports that the high tech investment world isn't as moribund as it's often made out. He's back from Red Herring's NDA conference and has sent out his observations via an email newsletter that expands on the coverage he provides at www.conferenza.com. (You can sign up for his newsletter here.)

Among his positive observations (each of which I've whittled down):

$45 billion is now sitting in VC coffers waiting to be invested, just from funds raised last year...

Security technology is suddenly mega-hot...

Nanotechnology, a growing new area of VC investment, will provide major advancements in a whole raft of industries...

Internet usage is still doubling every year...

The portable computing device market will continue to grow rapidly...

Neurogenomics, which addresses the causes of central nervous system disorders, is one of the hottest new drug therapy sectors in biotechnology...