Venture Capital Deals and Funding – Quarterly Venture Capital Report for Q1 2012

Venture capitalists did not hesitate to open up their wallets in Q1 2012 making 785 investments in the quarter – the 2nd most in the last nine quarters.  But despite the aggressive number of deals, the checks written were smaller than prior quarters as investors plowed $5.9 billion into companies – the lowest level of VC funding since Q2 2010.

Although this represents a 22% decline in funding from Q4 2012, we do not think that a single quarter dip in funding is in any way symptomatic of any sort of correction or any sort of bubble bursting.  Deal activity which we view as a better gauge of investor sentiment remains strong.  The funding dip is primarily the result of fewer VC mega deals in the quarter which as the quarter illustrates can and do move numbers significantly up when present and down wildly when absent.

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Tech IPO Pipeline – Startups with $100 Million+ Valuations

Tech startup valuation data is tough to come by but our technology is becoming increasingly good at identifying rumored valuations when they are leaked which provides us with an interesting view into those tech companies that represent promising future exits (IPOs or M&A) as well as the industries that are hottest.  We discussed this on Bloomberg  TV this past week, and we’ll be putting out a report soon about the tech IPO pipeline and valuations, but to start, we wanted to share some very high-level stats on the 65 tech companies we’ve identified with $100M+ valuations who’ve raised financing since Jan 2011.

The histogram below shows the valuation distribution of these firms followed by the data table should you want to dig into the distribution of data on your own.

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CB Insights On Bloomberg TV talking Tech IPOs, VC Bubbles and Angel Investment

We spoke with Bloomberg TV’s Deirdre Bolton earlier this week on our recently issued angel investment data.  The segment also covers a great deal more including whether there is an early stage VC bubble and the tech IPO pipeline and $100 million valuations.  (report on this coming soon which you can sign up for here)

To view the video, click here or the image below.

Introducing CB Insights’ Super Simple CRM – Basic and Efficient (Like a Honda Civic)

At the request of customers, we’ve integrated some insanely simple CRM capabilities into CB Insights.  These allow you to leave task reminders and notes on company (and soon investor profiles).  If Salesforce is the Mercedes of CRM, think of our current and forthcoming CRM capabilities as a reliable but no frills 2005 Honda Civic.  You can see a screenshot below of Facebook’s company profile with one of our developers notes and tasks related to Facebook.  If you want to check out the new CRM capabilities, login here or if you don’t have a login, setup a free account here.

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Is New York Going to Overtake California in Tech Venture Capital? (spoiler alert: Nope)

It’s well established that New York’s tech venture capital scene has trumped Massachusetts, but with all of the data highlighting NY’s VC prominence, we are sometimes asked whether NYC is poised to take over the VC title from reigning champion California.  To satisfy your curiosity with some good hard data, we put this chart together to highlight where each of the state’s stack up against one another.  As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

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Angel Investment Data – 2011 HALO Report

Angel investment data is getting a bit more transparent.  Below is the first ever HALO Report issued by CB Insights in conjunction with Silicon Valley Bank and the Angel Resource Institute.  In addition to the report, we’ve embedded an infographic and the press release below for your review.  As always, if any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

The Angel Resource Institute (ARI), Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and CB Insights today announced findings from the first Halo Report, a collaborative effort to raise awareness of early stage investment activities by angel investment groups.  The research series highlights angel investment activity and trends in North America and provides much sought after data that has not been previously available to entrepreneurs or early stage investors.

Note: infographic is first followed by press release and then followed by the HALO report

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NY’s Tech Venture Capital Lead Over Boston Accelerates

We’d previously highlighted that when it comes to tech venture capital deals and funding, NY had overtaken Massachusetts with the trend starting in Q2’10.  But the last time we looked at this was a year ago, and with the Giants win over the Patriots last night, we thought it might be time to see if NY continues to win when it comes to tech venture capital.

As the graph below shows pretty clearly, not only is NY winning on the tech venture capital front, but the trend actually appears to have gained steam since we last ran the numbers in Q4’10.  While Massachusetts’ tech scene has gone sideways over the last 9 quarters, NY has shown growth.  And this occurred against a backdrop of a record year for venture capital investing in 2011 suggesting that a rising tide in this case did not lift all ships.  Of course, it is important to note that when considering aggregate venture capital deals and dollars which would include life sciences and energy/green tech in addition to tech, Massachusetts continues to be the winner.

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eCommerce M&A Activity – 81 Acquisition Transactions Since 2008

In our report in conjunction with BizTech@Wharton entitled the Evolving World of eCommerce, we highlighted a variety of statistics about eCommerce investment and M&A trends since 2008 for those areas of eCommerce being covered as part of the BizTech@Wharton conference.

One statistic we highlighted in the report (request full free report here) was that since 2008, there have been 81 acquisition transactions in the following areas of eCommerce:  Flash Sales, Daily Deals, Alternative Currencies, Sharing Economy/Collaborative Commerce, CrowdFunding and Subscription eCommerce.  As can be seen, M&A activity in these areas of eCommerce is significantly accelerating as well.

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Venture Capital Investment in eCommerce – Since 2008, $4.1 Billion Invested in 203 Deals

In our report in conjunction with