Wisconsin is a case in point. Wisconsin teachers fare slightly worse than the national average with starting salaries of $32,642 and a maximum with a masterâs degree of $60,036. The Tax Foundation says its tax burden is the fourth worst in the U.S. and its QualityCounts rating was a C+, about average.
It puts total Chinese investment in the U.S. at $1.61 trillion as of June 30, 2010.[1] This is not entirely accurate, but it is far better than the figures in the unrevised monthly Treasury reports used by Congress and the media.
There are 462 active venture capital firms in the US. In 2012, VCs invested $22B in startups. VCs write the biggest checks of the four investor types, with an average investment size of $2.6MM to seed stage companies. Venture capital firms are in the business of reviewing, assessing, and investing in new and emerging businesses.