Interesting article, but I wouldn't always believe those charts right away.
A graph of a coin toss can even look non-random...
A graph of a coin toss can even look non-random...
Also, also, the charts are for all VC money not just 2.0 (i.e. networking etc.) companies.
My favorite piece of evidence on the demise of 2.0 is Your election to person of the year. By time a trend makes it to the cover Time, it must be over!