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Amongst the top 30 most active venture capital firms of 2009-2010, we have already detailed that the internet sector attracted 26% of funding and 36% of deals from these firms and that seed deals represented almost 9% of these active firms deals. Now we turn our attention to where the internet sector investments these VCs are making are located.
Not surprisingly, California is the leader on deals and funding dollars taking over 60% of both. Interestingly, on a deals basis, NY’s Silicon Alley which is customarily the number 3 for overall VC funding behind Massachusetts jumps ahead in terms of internet investments by the top 30 most active venture firms. In Q2 2010, we saw NY was increasingly becoming a single sector town with 70%+ of funding and deals going to the net sector.
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In the last year, the Top 30 Most Active Venture Capital Firms had their hands in one out of every four deals which amounted to nearly $9 billion in funding, a quarter of which ended up in the internet sector. We’ve already seen that investments within internet favored the social, gaming, eCommerce, and advertising industries. Here, we’ll examine the top 30′s internet investments by round and then by state.
Within internet, the most active VCs favored Series A, Series B, and Series C rounds, which accounted for over 80% of deals and dollars in 2009-2010. Seed rounds made up 8.6% of the year’s deals amongst the most active venture capital firms. Over the period, Series A, Series B, and Series C deal flow varied widely on a month-to-month basis, while Seed and Series D rounds remained consistent albeit sparse.
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Every quarter, there are three main information services firms (including CB Insights) that issue quarterly venture capital reports detailing the funding levels they tracked in the prior quarter; i.e., deals and dollars of venture capital. Those reports are different in format, timing of issuance and ultimately in the data they contain. We thought it might be useful to see how these services compare to one another from a purely data-driven perspective.
The three main issuers of these reports are:
| Report Issuers |
Typical Timing of Report Issuance |
Report Length |
| CB Insights |
8-10 business days after quarter end |
45-60 pages |
| Dow Jones VentureSource / VentureWire |
15-20 business days after quarter end |
7-10 pages |
| Thomson (via Moneytree Report) |
15-20 business days after quarter end |
7-10 pages |
Note: For reference, here is our Q2 2010 Venture Capital Activity Report. Page 49 of the report available there details the steps we take to ensure data integrity and contains our definitions of what is and what is not included in our quarterly venture capital reports.
We looked back at the quarterly venture capital reports data from all three of the above venture capital database and directory firms from Q4 2008 through Q2 2010 to see how the data compares. Specifically, we looked at three statistics reported or calculable by each:
- Amount of aggregate Venture Capital funding by quarter
- Number of aggregate Venture Capital deals by quarter
- Average deal size by quarter
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In the last year, the Top 30 Most Active Venture Capital Firms had their hands in one out of every four deals which amounted to nearly $9 billion in funding. The internet sector in particular was a favorite destination of investment for the top venture capital firms with 36% of their deal flow and 26% of their dollars invested going to net companies.
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The CB Insights team likes data and so on occasion, we examine other credible, external data sources. We recently looked at Google Trends to see what it might suggest about what it suggests is happening with venture capital based on search volume trends. The results as you’ll see below are counter-intuitive.
Globally, news related to venture capital has increased while search volume for the term “venture capital” has seemingly decreased as can be seen below.
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This past week, high growth private company financing saw a decline in deal volume (103 Deals) with a modest improvement in total funding ($324 million) vs. the prior week. Although California set a new low for 2010 with $85M in financing, it was still the top location for funding. Massachusetts followed closely behind California with a surge in funding that launched the state over the $60 million mark for the first time in seven weeks. Texas took hold of the third spot hauling in its largest single week of funding for 2010. The top 5 funding league table was rounded out by Minnesota and Colorado. Minnesota appeared in the top 5 rankings for only the second time in 2010. 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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Anyone who knows NYC knows that it is made up of a variety of neighborhoods and areas with each often having its own distinct character. An examination of venture capital deals and dollars going to Silicon Alley from July 2010 to June 2010 reveals that the heart of Silicon Alley is in Gramercy Park.
For those unfamiliar with the term Silicon Alley, it is the colloquial name given in the late 1990′s to describe Manhattan / New York City-based internet and new media companies, primarily startups. Despite some bumps and bruises from the dot com implosion, July 2009 to June 2010 saw Silicon Alley being a consistent and strong number three geography in the rankings for venture capital dollars and deals.
So how do Silicon Alley’s various neighborhoods stack up against one another in terms of venture capital dollars and deals?
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The most active venture capital firm of 2009-2010 is New Enterprise Associates.
Last week, we initiated our series on the Top 30 VC firms presenting to you top venture capital firms ranked #11 to 30. As a reminder, the 30 firms in aggregate participated in 663 unique deals (24.4% of all deals), which yielded $8.67 billion in aggregate investment (37% of all investment) from July 2009 through June 2010.
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High growth private company financing saw a healthy increase in deal volume while total funding was flat vs. the prior week. California’s deal volume doubled compared to the previous week, reversing a three week trend of steady decline. The geographic breakdown of the week’s funding saw the usual suspects of California, Massachusetts and New York, returning once again to the top three positions. The top 5 weekly funding league table was rounded out by Washington and Pennsylvania. With last week’s tally, Washington has overtaken Texas as the fourth most funded location in the third quarter-to-date (QTD). 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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With angel investment and venture capital to pure play iPhone and iPad startups jumping 220% from last year, we wanted to no only look at the amount of money flowing to these startups, but also the source of this funding. As detailed in the graphs below, almost 60% of the deals were led solely by VCs and 18% by angels. Interestingly, VCs and angels partnered in about 1/4 of the investments in pure play iPhone and iPad startups.
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