The “Series A Crunch” Myth
Despite the concerns about a crunch, the reality is that the level of Series A activity is holding steady. At the same time, the number of seed deals have exploded. As a result, the Series A Crunch is nothing more than excessive demand for a limited supply of Series A financing. While the number of […]
Budding Developer Tools Industry Attracting Big Investments
Online and mobile developers use a number of tools to collaborate on, facilitate and track their projects from bug tracking and API management to code sharing networks and mobile back-end services. Investors are beginning to take notice of the relatively young market categorized as developer tools, or any program or application that helps developers devise, […]
Cross-Border M&A: Focus on Tech Companies
In today’s increasingly globalized society, so too are M&As occurring cross borders. The top acquirers of U.S. tech companies span Europe, Asia and Canada. Over 2200 private tech companies were acquired across the glove in 2012. Top Acquirers A deeper dive into cross-border M&A activity of US technology firms in 2012 shows Canada and the UK […]
Investor Outlook: Real Estate Portfolio H1 2013
There are strong signs that investor confidence in private real estate funds is returning, with 49% of investors having made new commitments in 2012, and 53% planning to make new commitments to the asset class in 2013. The improvement in the performance of private real estate has encouraged some institutions to return to the asset class, while […]
Big Data Report – $4.9 Billion Invested Across 523 Deals Since 2008
Big Data investment has been gaining momentum seeing nearly $5 billion of funding over the last five years. 2012 was the biggest year of deals and saw YoY growth of 19.5% over 2011. The graph below highlights the five-year financing trend to Big Data companies. In addition to the acceleration in financing activity, big data […]
Investor Activity – 2012 Summary
Private equity fundraising improved in 2012, with the amount of aggregate capital raised by closed funds increasing from $312bn in 2011 to $327bn in 2012, an encouraging sign for the industry. However, the number of funds closed fell from 911 funds in 2011 to 761, indicating limited partnerships (LPs) are now often placing more capital with fewer […]
VC Update: Q1 2013 Activity Report – $6.9B Invested Across 841 Deals
Q3 2012 saw 835 deals take place, the highest number since the dot com boom. Q4 held relatively flat (834 deals) and Q1’13 saw a slight uptick leading to a new multi-year high on deals. Funding also climbed on a sequential basis. Relative to Q1’12, funding was up 17%. Overall, Q1 2013 saw $6.9 billion […]
The Rolling Close
A rolling close is when you raise capital, usually from several different investors, over a period of time as opposed to all at once. The initial investor(s) agrees to a rolling close (i.e. a 3 month window) during which other investors can invest at the same terms. Whether it’s a matter of logistics for investors […]
