iPad Startup Deals

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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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Not surprisingly, the amount of funding via angels was significantly less than that from venture capital firms or the collaborations between angels and VCs.

Venture Capital and Angel Investor Funding to Pure Play iPhone and iPad Startups Grows 220% » CB Insights – Blog said,

[...] The investment and funding trend can be seen in the graphs below. Interestingly, in a related analysis, we found that venture capitalists and angels are collaborating on about 1/4 of deals into the Apple ecosystem. [...]
Neil Morecraft said,

This is some really useful data, great work. Thanks for the insight CB
CB Insights said,

Thanks Neil. Appreciate the kind words re: the data.