Total US venture capital investments vary over time as influenced by many factors. Which of the following entries best describes the pattern of venture capital investments over the past 25 years? Investments came down modestly after the dot.com peak but have remained at very high levels O a, compared to the trendline before the dot.com boom. Investments have remained low, increasing steadily but only slightly since that time. Early in the period venture capital investments peaked strongly during the short-lived dot.com boom c. and then came down dramatically, thereafter recovering to approximately the original trend line. Investments have been flat or in slow decline over most of the period. Od