VCs Bet on Mobile App Development
Mobile is the Rage & VCs are Taking Note Corporations from banks to fast food to software firms are turning to mobile app developers to build mobile app devices for their customers. Given the popularity of mobile devices and the apps that make them great, venture capital investors are chomping at the bit to get […]
7 Critical Steps for Attracting Venture Funding
First and foremost, venture capital firms want to see an entrepreneur with passion and vision. Unfortunately, this usually isn’t enough to get them opening their pocket books. Some venture capital firms will have narrow criteria for the types of companies that they invest in while other will adopt a more broad portfolio and invest across […]
Top Cities for Venture Capital Activity
Entrepreneurial Density and Venture Capital The chart below looks at the total amount of dollars spent by venture capital firms as well as the total number of deals on a per-capita basis. As we can see, Boulder came in third behind San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (AKA Silicon Valley) and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont. The map below provides a […]
Investment in Mobile App Development Industry is Soaring
VC Funding in Mobile App Development Still Hot Since 2012, mobile app development companies have taken $262M in VC funding across 36 deals, which accounts for 59% of the $446M to the mobile app development space overall. Some of the largest acquisitions included Kony Solutions at $18.3M in a Series D round from Telestra Ventures […]
Venture Capital Seed Investment and Re-Investment
Seed Investment Rates Two international firms, 500 Startups and SV Angel, top the list for most active seed investment in 2010-2011. Below is a list of the 30 most active seed VC investors over the two-year time frame ranked based on number of deals they participated (graph thanks you CB Insights): Re-Investment Rates While 500 Startups […]
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 […]
