Startup Funding by the Numbers
STARTOPFONDNG By The Numbers INVESTMENT TIMELINE Startups don't necessarily take each type of funding. In fact, some successful companies have never taken any outside funding. A startup is, however, more likely to raise money from different sources depending on what stage it is in. ISII BOOTSTRAPPING FRIENDS AND ANGEL VENTURE CAPITAL IPO FAMILY ROUND INVESTMENTS The founders fund the startup with their own money A small amount of money that the founders raise from friends and family as either a loan or in Typically a larger sum than raised from angels, and often sourced from multiple The first sale of stock by a private company to the public. Money from wealthy individuals who usually invest at an early stage in the company. EXAMPLES: investors. Each time 37Signals, GitHub EXAMPLES: the company raises money, it's called a new round or "Series." Linkedin, Pandora exchange for equity. EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: Forrst, Postling EXAMPLES: Tweetalicous, Of a Kind Twitter, Facebook VENTURE CAPITAL OVER TIME 233 NUMBER OF FUNDS 212 153 162 76 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 VENTURE CAPITAL IN BILLIONS OF $ $30.74 2007 $25.81 2008 $16.19 2009 $10.24 2011 $13.35 2010 SOURCE: THOMSON REUTERS AND THE NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION (NVCA) NUMBER OF DEALS 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 '95 '97 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 *06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 96. 86. 66. 00. SOURCE: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS/NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION MONEYTREE TM REPORT, VENTURE CAPITAL BY REGION* IN MILLIONS OF $ New England $1,817.60 NORTH CENTRAL NORTHWEST Colorado $184.52 $331.71 $277.96 Upstate NY $66.02 Sacramento/ N.Cal $54.86 NY Metro $1,239.74 MIDWEST $729.98 Silicon Valley $5,581.12 Philadelphia Metro Texas $217.41 $511.91 DC/ San Diego $357.35 Metroplex $474.63 LAI Orange County $968.17 SOUTH CENTRAL $54.62 SOUTHWEST Alaska/Hawaii/ Puerto Rico $320.62 SOUTHEAST $.60 $659.27 *AS OF JUNE 2010 BIGGEST U.S. IPOS OF ALL TIME* VISA INC • March 18, 2008 $19.65 AT&T WIRELESS GROUP • April 26,2000 $10.62 KRAFT FOODS INC • June 12, 2001 $8.68 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC • November 9, 1999 $5.47 KKR PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS • May 3, 2006 $5.05 CIT GROUP INC • July 1, 2002 $4.87 BLACKSTONE GROUP LP • June 21, 2007 $4.75 CONOCO INC• October 21, 1998 $4.40 TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CORP • March 21, 2002 $4.27 IN BILLIONS OF $* AGERE SYSTEMS INC • March 27, 2001 $4.14 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC • November 8, 1999 $3.71 $3.66 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC • May 3, 1999 PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC • December 12, 2001 $3.48 METLIFE INC • April 4, 2004 $3.25 INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP • December 9, 1998 $3.18 SOURCE: THOMSON REUTERS DATA *AS OF JUNE 2010 ** NOT ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION TECH IPOS IN 2011 Andex PANDORA Linked in $234 zipcar. $174.3 $8.9 $1.3 million billion million billion TECH IPOS ON THE HORIZON facebook. A zynga GROUPON Rumored valuation of Rumored valuation of Rumored valuation of $50-$100 billion $10-12 $1.5-2 billion billion SOURCE: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, peHUB AND REUTERS Mashable Infographics Design by @DFosterGraphics, Research by Sarah Kessler
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