In 2014, the amount of funds raised hit its all time high since 2001. Thanks to CB Insights, we looked at the data on the first three months of 2015 to see what is hot, where are the investments hubs, and which companies raised a lot in this first quarter.

1. V e n t u r e c a p i ta l t r e n d s – Q 1 2 0 1 5

2. Summary
Introduction & Sources
I. General Trends
II. Trends by sectors
III. Key players by topics
2

3. Introduction
«
In
god
we
trust,
all
others
must
bring
data
»
W.
Edward
Deming
-­‐ No
one
can
pretend
to
be
objec8ve
so
the
best
is
to
look
at
figures
-­‐ Don’t
forget
that
investors
are
not
the
innovators,
most
of
them
follow
the
trends…
-­‐ We
will
not
try
to
make
ambi8ous
assump8ons
of
the
future
but
just
to
see
the
highlights
of
the
Q1
of
2015
3

4. Long term trend of US VC
4
-­‐ Regular
increase
of
total
investments
-­‐ Less
deals
but
higher
rounds
2014
was
the
best
year
since
2000!
BOOM
?
BOOM!

5. SOURCE
All
the
data
comes
from
a
great
report
from
Q1
2015
–
Venture
Capital
Report
www.cbinsights.com
5

6. GENERAL TRENDS IN VC FUNDING
Q1 - 2015
Part I
6

7. 7
-­‐ Regular
increase
of
total
investments
-­‐ Lots
of
new
players
in
the
VC
space:
hedge
funds,
corporate
funds,
crowdfunding
etc.
Less Deals, Higher rounds

8. 8
Big
VCs
Corporate
VC
Accelerator
New active players in VC

9. 9
A
Few
states
focus
on
specific
fields
e.g.
Colorado
is
big
for
CleanTech
The
Big
3
concentrates
almost
all
the
deals
and
the
money

10. 10
Less
tech
exits…
and
that
is
the
most
important
difference
with
the
internet
bubble
IPO
soon?
M&A
IPO

11. 11
More
Unicorns
than
ever!!
h^ps://www.cbinsights.com/research-­‐unicorn-­‐companies

12. VC FUNDING BY SECTORS
Q1 - 2015
Part II
12

13. 13
INTERNET
Pinterest
raised
a
Serie
G
of
$367
M
with
Andressen
Horrowitz
and
Bessemer
Venture
Partners
as
Lead
investors.
75%
NYC
and
Cali
Dataminr
raised
$130
M
to
become
a
leader
in
real-­‐8me
informa8on
data
analysis

14. 14
MOBILE
Cyanogen
raised
$80
M
to
reimagine
the
mobile
opera8ng
system
Big
corporates
involved:
Qualcomm,
Twi^er,
Microsof,
Foxconn
etc.
Postmates
raised
$35
M
to
allow
users
to
ship
any
Item
within
the
city
in
less
than
an
hour

15. Healthcare
15
10X
Genomics
raised
$56
M
to
develop
an
innova8ve
genomics
plagorm
Lead
investors:
Paladin
Capital
Group,
Venrock,
Foresite
Capital

16. Stem
raised
$27
M
to
develop
an
integrated
cloud
energy
op8miza8on
solu8on
Lead
investors:
Total
Energy
Ventures,
GE
Ventures
CLEantech
Blu
Homes
raised
$35
M
to
be
the
leading
provider
of
clean
premium
prefab
homes
in
North
America.

17. KEY PLAYERS BY TOPICS
Part III
17

18. Tech
Symbol -->
Firm Name -->
VC firms Micro VCs Accelerators/Venture Studios
Corp VC firms Angel groups Tech Acquirers
Growth/Late-Stage Angels
7
‡ 5f
† 5d
‡ 6d
6s
The Periodic Table of TechAn overview of the key players in tech investing and M&A
5
4s
Accel New Enterprise
Partners
5s
CRV
3d
6
Period
1
2
3
Ac
1s
2s
3s
Sq
4
Yc
Y
6p
Floodgate
Ts
TechStars
Sv
7s
Crv Bvp
Perkins Ventures
Combinator
Usv 2p
VC
Fl
Andreessen
Horowitz
Union Square
Bc Gl
Benchmark
5p
Sfv Ge
GE
Ventures
SivNea
Associates
Kh
Khosla
Ventures
Partners
Fv
Nr
Naval
Ravikant
Gp
Gil
Penchina
An
Sequoia
Capital
Ventures
Ah
SV
Angel
So
SoftTech
Greylock
Startups
3p
500
Salesforce
Ventures
General
Catalyst Ventures
Cisco Bertelsmann
Capital Investments Investments Digital Media
Nokia Growth ITOCHU Insight Technology
Ventures Ventures
† 4f
Bv
Kp Rd
Kleiner Redpoint
Ix
Battery Index
Ventures Ventures
Capital Ventures Partners
Bessemer
VP
Siemens
VC
Tg
Tiger Global
Management
Ga
General
Atlantic
Ff Ls
Group
Gv
Google
Ventures
Fy
Foundry
Al
Atlas
Venture
Em
Gc
Lowercase O'Reilly Joshua Elad AngelPad
Lc Js Eg
4p
Lerer-Hippeau
AlphaTech
Tc Ri
Max
Schachter Gil
Ml
Or
Capital
Pb
Rocket
Lhv Hm
Metal Angels Buchheit
Harrison Tech Coast
Levchin Internet
Collective Ventures Harbor Angels Kutcher
Paul
Founder Baseline
Fc Bs
Jason
Gs Sh
Felicis Launch Golden Sand Hill
Dt Sb
Bh Ak Jc Bw
Calacanis
Boston Ashton Betaworks
Ventures Angels Tech Angels Ferriss Dyson
David Scott
Tisch Banister
New York Atlanta
Ny At
Tim Esther
Ventures Capital Seeds Angels
Tf EdCf Fr
CrunchFund Forerunner
Bcv Ct TpgIc Ti Ci Bm
Bain Capital
Fe La
Coatue TPG
Qv Tv Nk It Is Tcv
Intel Time Warner
Management Growth
Spark RRE Greycroft TRUE Qualcomm T-Venture
Su
First Round Foundation Thrive Upfront Comcast Samsung
Partners Tech Ventures VP Crossover
Frc Fo Th Up Cm Smv
Twitter Cisco
Cs
Motorola SingTel
Ventures
Mo St Ivp
Tw Ms
VPVentures Solutions VC Innov8 Partners
Institutional Summit
Yb
ytterbium
ApOc
Oracle
In
Intel
Ad
Autodesk
Eb
eBayApple
La
Iu
Go Yh Ib
IBM
TdTn RkSi
Intuit VMWareSalesforce Siemens
Ba
Tencent Rakuten
Sm
Alibaba
QcSf Vm Ao
Amazon Samsung 3D Systems
No
nobeliumQualcomm
Capital
AOLactinium
lanthanum
Ac
Google MicrosoftYahoo
VenturesCapital Capital
TrSp Rre Gy
Fund VP Capital Partners Ventures
Founders Lightspeed Emergence
4d
Nw
Norwest
Sq
Sequoia
Capital
Vn
Venrock
Fb
Facebook
Am
VP
Iw
Interwest
Partners
Sap
SAP
Ventures
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19. Healthcare

20. Internet of Things

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