Of the more than 3,000 domestic and international venture capital and private equity firms, about 380 focus on software and software services. Intrigued by this private equity activity, AMR Research decided to follow venture capital investment in the software sector in search of trends. This piece is the first in a regular series where we will analyze venture capital investments in the software space through data analysis, company profiles, trend analysis, and interviews with company managements and venture capitalists.

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