The exuberance of last year's record D.C. region venture totals waned somewhat in the first three months of 2014, with 43 companies raising a collective $217.5 million, according to the MoneyTree report released Friday by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.
The total represents an 18 percent drop compared with the same period last year, and a 31 percent fall from the fourth quarter of 2013.