The Silicon Valley Tech Venture Capital Almanac
Our amigos at Silicon Valley Bank, Orrick and GLG Share were generous enough to sponsor the first ever Silicon Valley Tech Venture Capital Almanac. It's a free 155 page report that includes VC financing / exit trends, SV investor rankings, the most well-funded SV tech startups, investment syndicate analyses and much more. Click here to get a copy. But first, send a tweet to say thanks to those who made it possible.
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It Takes $78M in Funding for a Tech Company to IPO
And it's getting bigger every year. Chegg raised over $200M prior to its IPO this week, while Tableau Software raised just $15M. Which is more typical? Using CB Insights VC data, we found that total funding needed prior to an IPO is on the rise while amounts raised prior to an M&A exit are decreasing. See the full analysis on pre-exit funding trends in tech here.
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The Investment Syndicate of Google Ventures
The most active CVC's relationships visualized. Since its launch in 2009, Google Ventures has maintained a fairly prolific rate of investment. Given the importance of network centrality to VC performance, we analyzed the investment syndicate relationships of Google Ventures to see who the firm co-invests with as well as who the firm seems to look to for dealflow here.
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Sequoia Capital Records the Most Silicon Valley-based Tech Exits
Home run hitter. With investments in some of SV's largest tech exits from Jive Software to FireEye, Sequoia Capital has recorded the most Silicon Valley-based tech exits since 2009. Micro-venture fund Felicis Ventures takes second place, followed by Accel Partners. See the top 20 investors ranked by SV tech exits and many more SV tech financing trends and investor rankings in the free 155-page SIlicon Valley Tech Venture Capital Almanac.
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