RRE Ventures - Welcome Aboard

With recent exits including Makerbot, Braintree and Whiptail, RRE Ventures has been having a good year. And to make things even better, they also now have CB Insights :) We're excited to have them on board.  Will Porteous, General Partner at RRE, describes how they use CB Insights to "track dealflow, understand valuation multiples, analyze industry trends and identify comparable companies" in his comments here.

The Best of November

The most viewed research briefs of the month. These are awesome. Really.

• The Exceedingly Rare Unicorn VC
• The Best and Worst Industries for Seeded Tech Startups by Follow-On Investment Rates
• It Takes $78 Million in Prior Funding for a Tech Company to IPO, and It's Getting Bigger Every Year.

VCs Are Flocking to the Promise of the Connected Home

Clap On, Clap Off. From smart locks to WiFi-enabled doorbells, a range of new technologies are ushering in the rise of the “The Connected Home.” And VC investors are active in the mix pouring $468M into home automation startups since the start of 2012. See the growth trend in financing here.

CB Insider Posts

The following research is only available to paid subscribers with CB Insider access:

• The Most Well-Funded Quantified Self Startups
• Private Company Ad Tech M&A Valuation Multiples: Median 4.3x and Avg. 6.0x
• Ed Tech's 10 Most Active Corporate Acquirer-Investors

The VCs with the Most IPOs in 2013

KPCB and MPM Capital lead. 2013 has seen 204 venture firms participate in at least one IPO - a significant jump from years past. Corporate VCs also had a great year in IPOs.  See the ranking of top investors by number of 2013 IPOs here.

Healthcare's Unicorn VCs

They're called unicorns for a reason.  There are very few tech VCs who've invested in multiple billion dollar exits aka unicorn VCs.  It turns out identifying healthcare's largest exit outcomes is just as hard. Since 2004, there have been just three investors who have invested in six of healthcare's mega exits. Find out who healthcare's Unicorn VCs are here.

Seed Stage Valuations are Falling Hard

Data Tidbits on Twitter. Sometimes, we'll reveal some interesting data on Twitter.  Like this tweet about falling seed stage valuations. If you don't want to miss these, follow us on Twitter here.

Our Last Two Newsletters

In case you missed them:

• Silicon Valley's Black Swan Effect
• The Exceedingly Rare Unicorn VC