Study of 100,000 venture capital investments. Learn about Series B crunch vs Series A crunch. Brought to you by The Big Data Group at http://www.bigdatalandscape.com.

1. THE 100,000 COMPANY INVESTMENT STUDY:
VENTURE CAPITAL TRENDS
100,000+ COMPANIES
10 YEARS OF STARTUP DATA
MARCH, 2013
DAVID FEINLEIB IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
BIGDATALANDSCAPE.COM SISENSE.COM
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3. Key Findings
Web Browser Market Share
Fewer startups 1) Enterprise startups raised 40% more in 2012
received funding in $9.85M per round vs $7.0M in 2011
2012
Data points to Series
2) Web startups raised 45% less per round in 2012
$5.6M per round vs $10.0M in 2011
B crunch, not Series
A crunch
3) Series B crunch, not a Series A crunch
Web deals have More Series A rounds in 2012 and they got done faster
cooled off Fewer Series B rounds in 2012 and they got done slower
4) The most popular first letter for a startup in 2012
was the letter S
5) Companies with 6 - 10 characters in their name
have more acquisitions and IPOs
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4. Study Goals
Web Browser Market Share
1) Study venture capital and startup trends
based on CrunchBase, Wikibon,
NASDAQ, and other data sources
2) Give entrepreneurs, investors, and
limited partners visibility into investment
speed, round size, and market dynamics
3) Leverage previously untapped sources of
Big Data to provide market insights
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5. Study Data
Web Browser Market Share
1) More than 100,000 companies
2) January, 2000 - February, 2013
3) Data sources: CrunchBase,Wikibon,
NASDAQ and others*
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6. Investment Volume and Size
Fewer software
startups received
funding in 2012,
but the ones that
did raised more
money on
average
THE BIG DATA GROUP Data for all funding rounds

7. Average Number of Days Between Rounds
800
600
400
200
0
‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12
Seed to Series A Series A to B
Series B to C Series C to D
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8. Average Time Between Rounds
Series A crunch?
Not quite. There
were more
“Series A” deals
in 2012 than in
2011. And these
deals got done
faster–about 2
months faster.
Series B crunch?
Maybe. There
were fewer
“Series B” deals
in 2012 and they
took 1 ½ months
longer than in
2011.
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9. Enterprise And Web Investments
ENTERPRISE
In 2012, enterprise
companies raised more
money, while web
companies raised less
6% more enterprise
companies received
funding in 2012 and they
raised 40% more capital
than in 2011
13% fewer web
companies were funded
in 2012 and they raised WEB
45% less capital than in
2011
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THE BIG DATA GROUP Showing above data for all funding rounds, all statuses in either in the enterprise or the web category

10. Investments By Geography
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11. What’s In a Startup Name?
Startups with 6 - 10 800
characters in their names
had more exits and IPOs Number of 600
Acquisitions 400
200
0
0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-30 31-40
Name length
100
75
Number 50
of IPOs
25
0
0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-30 31-40
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12. What’s In A Startup Name? Part II
S, M , and T were the
three most popular first
letters for companies in
the last 8 years
X: the most unused letter
for startup names
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13. For More Information
David Feinleib
The Big Data Group
dave@thebigdatagroup.com
Bruno Aziza
SiSense
bruno.aziza@sisense.com
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