2. Global VC Report – Q2 2018
About These Slides
This presentation contains charts, graphs, and
tables used in Crunchbase News’s quarterly
reporting.
The full text of the report can be found here.
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Table of Contents
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Money In 4
General Overview 6
Seed-Angel Stage 10
Early Stage 15
Late Stage 20
Technology Growth 25
Money Out 29
Venture-Backed M&A 31
Initial Public Offerings 35
Methodology 38
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Money In
Reviewing Venture Investment Into Technology Companies
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Key Findings For Q2
Once again, Crunchbase projections indicate that, in Q2 2018,
venture deal and dollar volume surpass last quarter’s totals to
set new post-Dot Com records. This was spurred on by gains
in seed-stage deal volume and late-stage dollar volume.
With tens of billions of dollars in new venture capital pouring
into private technology companies, we’re in awe of the size of
these deals. But, simultaneously, we’re left scratching our
heads as we wonder not if this climate is sustainable (it isn’t)
but when and how it will go about slowing down.
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About Seed-Angel Stage
Crunchbase’s Seed-Angel stage includes
financings that are classified as a seed or angel,
including accelerator fundings and equity
crowdfunding below $5 million.
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About Early Stage
Early stage venture include financings that are
classified as a Series A or B, venture rounds
without a designated series that are below $15
million, and equity crowdfunding above $5 million.
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About Late Stage
Late stage venture include financings that are
classified as a Series C+ and venture rounds
greater than $15 million.
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About Technology Growth
Technology Growth includes private equity
investments in companies that had previously
raised venture funding.
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Money Out
Reviewing Venture-Backed M&A And IPOs
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Key Findings For Q2
The IPO window remains open, and public market
investors are increasingly willing to entertain non-standard
listing arrangements if, like Spotify, companies are well-
known and on reasonably sound economic footing.
That said, the recovery in deal volume for venture-backed
M&A deals we got excited about in Q1 was cut short as
deal volume declined at its fastest quarter-over-quarter
rate in years.
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About “Projected” Data
Crunchbase uses projections for global and U.S. trend
analysis.
Crunchbase bases these projections on historical
patterns in late reporting, which are most pronounced
at the earliest stages of venture activity.
Using projected data helps prevent undercounting or
reporting skewed trends that only correct over time.
All projected values are noted accordingly.
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About “Reported” Data
Certain metrics, like mean and median reported
round sizes, were generated using only reported
data.
Unlike with projected data, Crunchbase calculates
these kinds of metrics based only on the data it
currently has.
All reported values are noted accordingly.
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About Foreign Currencies
All funding values are given in U.S. dollars unless
otherwise noted.
Crunchbase converts foreign currencies to US dollars at
the prevailing spot rate from the date funding rounds,
acquisitions, IPOs, and other financial events are reported.
Even if those events were added to Crunchbase long after
the event was announced, foreign currency transactions
are converted at the historic spot price.
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