Boston - U.S. venture capital investment increased 8% in the third quarter of 2007, compared to the same period last year, to reach about $8 billion, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released on Monday by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.

This is the highest quarterly investment total since the first quarter of 2001, according to the report.

It also marks the ninth consecutive quarter of gradual year-over-year growth in dollars invested.

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