This week the Business Journal published a list of the top 25 most active venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, ranking firms on the number of deals they completed in 2010.

Information for the list was obtained from The MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and National Venture Capital Association with data provided by Thomson Reuters.

Nine new firms appear on the list that weren’t ranked last year, and the top 25 ranges from firms who did 77 deals to firms who did 21. Silicon Valley accounted for $9.1 billion venture capital dollars invested in 2010 and made up 40 percent of the total $23.3 billion invested across the U.S.

No. 5: Sequoia Capital.

Location: Menlo Park.

Number of deals in 2010: 48.

Number of companies invested in 2010: 43.

Total dollars invested in 2010: $243.99 million.

Total dollars invested in Silicon Valley in 2010: $155 million.

Principal: Don Valentine.

No. 4: North Bridge Venture Partners.

Location: Foster City.

Number of deals in 2010: 55.

Number of companies invested in 2010: 44.

Total dollars invested in 2010: $192.77 million.

Total dollars invested in Silicon Valley in 2010: $41.6 million.

Principal: Edward Anderson.

No. 3: Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Location: Menlo Park.

Number of deals in 2010: 60.

Number of companies invested in 2010: 52.

Total dollars invested in 2010: $180.38 million.

Total dollars invested in Silicon Valley in 2010: $86.98 million.

Principal: Timothy Draper.

No. 2: New Enterprise Associates.

Location: Menlo Park.

Number of deals in 2010: 68.

Number of companies invested in 2010: 63.

Total dollars invested in 2010: $327.19 million.

Total dollars invested in Silicon Valley in 2010: $134.27 million.

Principal: Richard Kramlich.

No. 1: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Location: Menlo Park.

Number of deals in 2010: 77.

Number of companies invested in 2010: 65.

Total dollars invested in 2010: $582.92 million.

Total dollars invested in Silicon Valley in 2010: $416.03 million.

Principal: Brook Byers.