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High growth private company financing collapsed to the lowest single week of financing since March of this year. Deal volume was down as well from last week but remained respectable with nearly 100 deals. Massachusetts fell out of the top 5 funding league table for a second consecutive week. Although California set a new low for 2010 with less than $90M in financing, it still retained the top spot in the funding league table. New York retained the second spot with the strongest week of financing it has seen in the past 11 weeks. The top 5 rankings were rounded out by Michigan, Illinois, and Colorado, with Illinois returning to the top 5 for a second week. Interactive charts on the past week’s dealflow are below (may take a second to load). To see profiles on the private companies receiving funding in the last week, logon to CB Insights.
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Recent CB Insights’ data indicated that NY was beginning to outpace Massachusetts in seed venture capital deal activity. The other interesting observation from reviewing the data over the the last six quarters was a steady decline in median deal sizes in both NY and Massachusetts as can be seen below.
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When it comes to seed investments by venture capitalists, recent CB Insights data suggests NY’s seed venture capital investments are gaining momentum at a faster rate than Massachusetts. Q1 and Q2 2010 saw an increase in seed venture capital investments in both Massachusetts and New York but the growth rate and the absolute number of deals was greater in NY in both quarters as detailed below.
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High growth private company financing rebounded as deal volume nearly doubled compared to the week prior and funding exceeded $450 million. Massachusetts fell out of the top 5 funding league table for the first time in fourteen weeks. It was no surprise that California was the top spot for financing. New York trailed behind California; it was the second consecutive week New York placed second in funding. The top 5 funding league table was rounded out by Illinois, Texas and the seldom-seen Florida. Illinois returns to the top 5 after making a big splash in private company financing in the first half of 2010; Texas continues to solidify its position as a prominent location for financing. Interactive charts on the past week’s dealflow are below (may take a second to load). To see profiles on the private companies receiving funding in the last week, logon to CB Insights.
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The healthcare sector has been the winner in terms of venture capital funding for many quarters. Q2 2010′s quarterly venture capital report was no different but the margin of victory was smaller as healthcare edged out internet funding by a mere 1%. On a deals basis, the internet sector far outweighed the healthcare sector pulling in 38% of deals vs. 23% of deals for healthcare.
More notable is the overall downtrend (see graphs below) in venture capital going to healthcare over the last five quarters. Healthcare venture dollars may swing a fair amount (not to the wild venture capital fluctuations of green/clean tech) based on the back of a few large deals which the sector sees or doesn’t see from quarter to quarter so is this downtrend merely the absence of a few large deals or indicative of a more pervasive general trend down for the healthcare sector.
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Of all sectors, venture capital flowing to the green tech / clean tech sector exhibits the wildest fluctuations quarter to quarter in CB Insights tracking of activity. Q2 2010 was no different with funding to green/clean tech down 20% and the number of deals down 35% vs the prior quarter. Versus Q2 2009, funding was up over 40%.
While the venture capital funding totals are unsurprisingly volatile given the impact that a few large deals can have on funding totals quarter to quarter, the number of fundings or deals also exhibited volatility that is generally not seen in other prominent sectors such as internet and healthcare.
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New York City’s venture capital figures in our Q2 2010 Venture Capital Activity Report were notable not for their funding volume or deal numbers (deals up modestly and funding down) but primarily because of what sectors saw venture dollars and deals in NYC. Or maybe we should say, which sector.
Of the three major venture capital hubs, California, Massachusetts and New York, NY state (which is primarily driven by NYC), based on the data, is the most skewed to the internet sector. In Q2 2010, an eye-popping 70%+ of funding and deals in NY went to internet companies.
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Investors observed the national holiday, as private company financing fell to $300 million with only 66 Deals recorded for the week. California was still the top location for financing followed by New York at a distant second. This past week saw Nebraska jump into the top 5 funding league table for the first time this year. Nebraska (at third) was followed by Texas and Massachusetts. Although Massachusetts normally sits comfortably behind California, private company financing in the Bay state fell to the lowest level seen in the past 10 weeks. Interactive charts on the past week’s dealflow are below (may take a second to load). To see profiles on the private companies receiving funding in the last week, logon to CB Insights.
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The entire 50+ page Q2 2010 Venture Capital Activity report is embedded below. For the latest private company data, sign up for the free CB Insights newsletter or follow us @cbinsights on Twitter.
At $5.9B of venture capital funding over 612 deals, Q2 2010 gives credence to the idea that venture funding may be settling into a “new normal”. A tepid climate for venture capital fundraising has pundits (and even some investors) commenting that $20 to $25B may ultimately a more sustainable level for the VC industry. The trailing four quarters of CB Insights data comes in at about $23.4B suggesting these prognostications may be right.
The following are the highlights of Q2 2010′s venture capital activity along with the VC deal and funding trend over time.
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