Based on recent CB Insights Trends’ data, we’ve seen some interesting search and profile view trends within the location-based services industry. FourSquare (investors include Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, O’Reilly Alphatech Ventures, SV Angel and numerous individual angel investors) has been seeing decreased interest from CB Insights’ users (VCs, angel investors, corporate development, investment bankers) and during the same period, Gowalla (investors include Greylocak, Alsop-Louie Partners, and Lowercase Capital along with numerous angel investors), has largely stayed flat.
Most interesting, however, is that while these two early entrants into the location-based space are seeing declining or stagnating interest from our users, location-based services firms SCVNGR (investors include: DreamIt Ventures, Google Ventures and Highland Capital Partners) and shopkick (investors include: Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, Reid Hoffman and SV Angel. Greylock and SV Angel are also investors in Gowalla and Foursquare) have been trending up significantly as the graph below shows.
How much is Foursquare declining in interest vs. Shopkick and SCVNGR?
The most popular green technology / clean technology company profiles on CB Insights amongst our subscribers for last week are given below.
#10 - Hara Software
#9 - Graphene Energy
#8 - EcoMotors
#7 - Boston-Power
#6 - Jasper Wind
Company profiles ranked 1 to 5 are available to paid subscribers only. Subscribers can click on the above links to view these profiles.
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The top venture capital firm profiles and portfolios on CB Insights amongst our subscribers for last week are given below.
#10 - Acadia Woods Partners
#9 - Thrive Capital
#8 - Betaworks
#7 - New Enterprise Associates
#6 - Accel Partners
Investor profiles ranked 1 to 5 are available to paid subscribers only. Subscribers can click on links above to view these venture capital firm profiles.
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Today, we’re happy to announce the launch of CB Insights Trends. Trends will provide our customers with meaningful aggregated trend data about the industries, companies, investors and more that are most popular on CB Insights.
Right now, CB Insights Trends will be freely available to current customers. On occasion, we will also be highlighting a selection of these in our research briefs so non-subscribers can also get a sense for what has been hot amongst CB Insights’ customers in the recent past. Of course, if you want to receive comprehensive CB Insights Trends data, you should sign up for CB Insights.
Private company financing dropped to the lowest single week of funding ($203.4 million) of the year, while deal volume (97) was modestly down compared to the prior week. California was the top location for funding followed by Connecticut. This was the first time in over six months that Connecticut made the funding list. The Top 5 funding league table was rounded out by Massachusetts, Colorado and Texas. Massachusetts’ weekly funding continued to drop but the state held onto the third spot for the fourth consecutive week. This past week was also the second time in this quarter that Colorado has made the list. Finally, Texas made its fourth appearance on the list since the start of this quarter and has moved up to the fourth most funded location for the quarter-to-date. Interactive charts on the past week’s dealflow are below (they may take a second to load). To see profiles on the private companies receiving funding in the last week, logon to CB Insights.
Continue reading “Connecticut Jumps Into Top 5 – Weekly Funding Sinks to 2010 Low” »
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Washington’s venture capital scene hit a five quarter high on deals and dollars in Q3 2010 as the state ranked fifth on both deals and dollars in the quarter that just passed. Last week, we’d highlighted the strength of Texas’ venture capital landscape as it exceeded New York’s in Q3. On a venture capital dollars basis, Washington rivaled New York as well (and is more diverse than NY’s venture capital scene).
The state doesn’t get as much attention as the Big 3 (California, Massachusetts and New York) but has been a stalwart of the venture capital scene for a while. And after a deals lowpoint in Q3 2009, the state has rebounded nicely with Q3 2010 coming in at a five quarter high. Venture capital funding also hit its highest level in five quarters in Q3 2010.
See data on Washington’s venture capital performance
Private company financing saw a modest decline in funding ($341 million) and deal volume (103) compared to the prior week. California held onto the top spot for funding in dominant fashion. The Sunshine state bounced back from a relatively soft performance in the prior week with nearly 2x as much funding being received by private companies. Georgia took over the second spot with its second highest weekly funding total of the past six months. The Top 5 funding league table was rounded out by Massachusetts, Indiana and North Carolina. Massachusetts’ weekly funding total dropped by $20 million landing the state in the third spot for the third consecutive week. The funding list introduced another new player as Indiana joins for the first time this year. Interactive charts on the past week’s dealflow are below (they 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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Venture capital investment into the life sciences arena hit a nadir in Q2 2010 on a deals basis but has since rebounded with Q3 2010 coming in with the second largest number of healthcare venture capital deals in the last five quarters. Venture funding to biotech, pharma and medical device companies also came back after its low-point in Q1 2010.
See the five quarter venture capital trend for healthcare
