Energetic VCs on the Rise
Active Venture Capitalists The number of VC firms completing four or more deals per year has increased annually since 2009. There is a lot of chit-chat about capital crunch and how venture firms in particular are in the decline. However, this cannot be further from the truth. First, there is an increase in the number […]
Legal Tech VC Funding Beginning to Stagger
Although the legal industry is massive ($300B), it is seeing a drop in funding by 16% year-over-year as investments are concentrated at the seed stage and exit activity is lukewarm. Funding to legal tech startups barely topped $100M across 30+ deals, with the largest deal representing 45% of total investments. Deal Flow Oddly enough, […]
Funding for Social Media Monitoring All Dried Up
Decline in Funding for Social Media Monitoring The Statistics Don’t Lie Late-stage financing for social media monitoring and analytics companies has all but dried up. With exits sagging, clearly this fad has reached its conclusion. Over the past year, $128M has been invested in such companies across 25 deals. This represents a decline of both […]
Asian eCommerce Investment Report
While financing in the Asian eCommerce market remains hot, exit valuations remain rather dreary. Since 2010, $6.9B has been invested in Asian eCommerce companies across 383 deals from venture capital investors. Both deal volume and funding activitiy to the region are up 30% and 56% year-over-year respectively. Not surprisingly, India and China dominate the majority […]
6 Classes of Mobile Startups That VCs Find Interesting
As most consumers nowadays would agree, one of the most useful consumer devices is the smartphone. VCs happen to concur. With that said, they find some spaces in the mobile tech sector to be more exciting than others. Below is a list of the 6 top sectors that get VCs excited: 1. B2B Business Solutions […]
VC Funding for Retargeting Ad Companies Grew by 62%
Retargeting specifically refers to tools that display ads based on previous online activity from search history to website visits. Targeting has become big business with companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook launching their own dedicated retargeting platform. Retargeting covers a variety of different functions such as: Search Retargeting – Companies that utilize consumer’s previous online […]
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 […]
Pitch Deck for Angels and VCs
The single most important thing that the VC is going to be investing in is YOU! Your pitch deck presentation is simply a visual tool to help you deliver your message. It is paramount that the audience is solely drawn to you, and that your deck merely contains short bullet points, headlines and images that […]
Hiring the Right Startup Lawyer
You own a young company that is seeking VC, angel or perhaps even seed funding. You want to protect yourself with the right legal documents, ensure that you are taking the right steps and perhaps gain some legal counsel along the way. You turn to your network circles for a recommendation on a good lawyer. […]
TED Talk on Pitching to VCs from “The Pitch Coach” David S. Rose
As an entrepreneur, David Rose has raised millions for his own companies. As an investor, he has funded millions more. According to the “The Pitch Coach,” the single most important thing that the VC is going to be investing is YOU. “Therefore, the entire purpose of the VC pitch is to convince them that you […]
