Startup Funding

Startup Funding A LOOK AT THE TOP SOURCES OF STARTUP FUNDING 565,000 Startups are launched each month in the United States. These Startups Raise an Average of $78,406 TOTALING $531BB+ PER YEAR Top Funding Sources $185.5BB Personal Loans and Credit Prree $60BB Friends & Family $22 BB Venture Capital $20 BB Angel Investors $14 BB Banks $5.1BB Crowd Funding How they Stack Up... FRIENDS & FAMILY Friends & Family invest the most in startups, investing over $6OBB per year. $23,000 38% of startups funded Avg. Amount invested VENTURE CAPITAL VC's write the biggest checks with an average investment size of $2.6MM to seed stage companies. $5.94MM .05% of startups funded Avg. Amount invested 462 Number of Active VC's 3,700 No. of Investments / Year ANGEL INVESTORS investing in over 61,900 companies per year. Angel Investors write 16x more checks than VC's, $74,955 .91% of startups funded Avg. Amount invested 268,160 Number of Active Angel Investors 61,900 No. of Investments / Year BANKS The SBA backs just under 100,000 bank loans per year to small businesses. $143,899 1.43% of startups funded Avg. amount loaned 97,290 No. of Loans per Year PERSONAL SAVING & CREDIT The majority of startups are funded largely in part by an entrepreneur's personal savings and credit. $48,000 57% Of startups funded Avg. Amount invested CROWD Crowdfunding is the fastest growing funding source, expected to total $5.1BB in 2013. TTT FUNDING $7,000 $3.2BB Avg. crowdfunding campaign size. No. of Successful Campaigns to Date Total Raised SOURCES: Center for Venture Research, US Small Business Administration, Angel Resource Institute, Angel Capital Education Foundation startups.co