Florida saw 58 venture capital and angel deals worth $460.7 million during 2015, which paled in comparison to the 44 deals worth $864.9 million in 2014, according to the MoneyTree Report.
But 2014 numbers included the extraordinary Google-led $542 million investment in Magic Leap, now in Plantation.
In South Florida, the big investment deals during the year included $50 million for Sunrise telehealth company MDLIVE, $38 million for electronic medical records software company Modernizing Medicine in Boca Raton, $22.9 million for Dania Beach-based Orthosensor, an orthopedic medical device maker; and $22 million for Bidtellect in Delray Beach, where where advertisers compete for online space in real-time bidding.
