In the last period, Y2012, the largest presented point is Patent applications with Total Amount of 460K. The fastest growing participant in our report is Early Stage Investment Deals with 47.67% growth in Total Amount over 5 years between Y2008 to Y2012. The topic that suffers from the biggest downturn is Seed Investment Deals with 47% decline over the same period. This report represents data points consolidated from 2 sources: National Venture Capital Association and WIPO