Funding in the fintech sector increased 17% quarter-over-quarter, after two quarters of declines, to $9.3 billion according to CB Insights’ recent State of Fintech report. Despite the funding increase, the number of deals continued to decline globally, continuing the decline since the fourth quarter of 2019. In the second quarter of 2020, 397 global venture-backed
Update on Venture Financings
PwC and CB Insights’ latest MoneyTree Report reports a 3% increase in U.S. venture capital deals this past quarter. There were 1,374 deals in the second quarter of 2020 compared to 1,336 deals in the first quarter 2020. This increase comes after a three-quarter decline in venture deals. While the number of deals is down
Late-Stage Private Placements and the Unicorn Phenomenon
Professor Anat Alon-Beck from the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University joined our annual conference on Late Stage Private Placements earlier this week. Prof. Beck spoke about the unicorn phenomenon, valuation concerns relating to unicorns and the new investors that have fueled the growth of unicorns. Prof. Beck’s slides may be accessed here
A New Financing Environment: 2019 Tech Sector Trends in Review
The financing environment for startup companies in the technology sector has changed substantially over the last few years. As evidenced by findings in CB Insights’ latest report, The 2020 Tech IPO Pipeline, tech companies have raised more funding than ever before by accessing the private venture markets. These startups reach unicorn status well before
Global Fintech Report
CBInsights recently published its Global Fintech Report for the third quarter of 2019. For 2019, global fintech funding totaled $24.6 billion through the third quarter of 2019, which is still a decline from 2018. Global venture-backed fintech deals rebounded during the quarter in the United States but remain at a three-year low. Globally there are
Global Healthcare Financing Trends
Healthcare companies have raised over $37.5 billion globally in the first three quarters of 2019 in over 3,409 private venture funding rounds according to a recent CB Insights report. Compared to full year 2018, the report’s projections for funding through the end of 2019 will not surpass 2018’s $54.7 billion of private venture funding.
A Longer Road to Going Public: Private Financing Trends in 2019
The third quarter of 2019 saw a slight decrease in venture private capital funding levels according to PwC and CB Insights’ recently published MoneyTree report. Approximately $25.9 billion was raised across 1,304 deals, bringing total capital raised in 2019 to $83 billion.
Staying private longer. Companies have taken advantage of raising large amounts of
Global Fintech Financing Trends
CB Insights recently published its Q2 2019 Global Fintech Report. Although there were 838 deals worth $15.1 billion completed during the first half of 2019, this represents a significant decline from 2018 levels, both in number and deal value.
In Q2 2019, the number of VC-backed fintech deals fell to the lowest number since
Update on Healthcare Financings in 2019
In a recent briefing, CB Insights reported increased funding in the healthcare sector for the first half of 2019 with $26.9 billion invested in healthcare companies across 2,258 deals globally. While promising, funding for full year 2019 is not projected to surpass the $58.5 billion raised by healthcare companies in 2018. The number of late-stage
Year of the Unicorn
A recent research piece published by UBS Financial Services discusses the significant variations in IPO winners and losers. The report notes that after five years about 60% of all IPOs had negative returns. Variation in long-term performance appears to be correlated with specific IPO characteristics. Companies with revenues in excess of $1 billion and those