Sluggishness in Early Stage however continues Venture Capital investments* perked up in August to 34 investments worth as much as $440 million - making it the second highest month in 2017. These stats are comparable to those seen in August 2016 (37 deals worth $458 million) and 140% higher in terms of value compared to Jul'17. August also arrests the 2-month slide in deal activity which began in June. (* Seed to Series D round investments in companies less than 10 years old with value of up to $20 Million. The monthly stats also include investments in IT companies that less than 10 years old, with deal value above $20 million.) August registered as many as 10 deals worth more than $10 million or more, with VC investors predominantly focused on Series B and beyond rounds. The reported $100 million investment in B2B E-Commerce firm Just Buy Live ,was followed by data protection software company Druva's strong $80 million round. Online lender Capital ...