Venture capital firms invested more money than ever before in "information services" companies in Mainland China, as overall venture investment produced 55 deals and reached $560 million during the second quarter of 2007, a 49% increase over the $375 million invested in the first quarter of the year, according to the China Quarterly Venture Capital Report released today by Dow Jones VentureOne, publisher of the VentureSource database, and Ernst & Young.