Sentences with phrase «exited venture backed companies»

As seen in the chart below, both M&A and IPO markets have placed increasing valuations on successfully exited venture backed companies.

Not exact matches

There are 17,000 venture - backed companies in the U.S., and there were only 39 venture - backed IPO exits last year.

Exit events today for venture backed companies are no longer IPO's and their typically $ 150 million plus exit valExit events today for venture backed companies are no longer IPO's and their typically $ 150 million plus exit valexit values.

More significantly, however, over 50 percent of venture - backed IPO exits went to health - care companies in the second quarter, the fifth consecutive quarter that health - care companies have topped technology companies for public exits, CB Insights reports.

This metropolitan area (which includes Oakland and Fremont, Calif.) saw the largest proportion of venture capital - backed business exits over the past year compared to other major cities, meaning there are a large number of what Kauffman identifies as «growth companies» in San Francisco and the East Bay.

Despite recent hype around a handful of venture - backed companies raising money at multi-billion dollar valuations, achieving a more than $ 1b exit for a startup is highly unlikely.

If this strong correlation continues, exit opportunities for venture - backed IT companies would as a result decline in a weak economy.

While the decline in IPO transactions for venture - backed companies in the 2000s is dramatic, the rise in M&A transactions has more than offset the losses such that there is a healthy trend line of positive exits over the three decades.

Over the last ten years, it has become clear that exit opportunities for venture - backed portfolio companies correlate strongly with the state of the economy and its ability to support M&A and IPO market activity.

Venture backed companies have achieved consistently strong exits in each of the last three decades despite the shift in exit markets emphasis from IPOs to M&A.

Nevertheless, the implications for the venture market are clear: M&A is the most likely exit market for successful venture backed companies today.

White Paper by Roland Reynolds & Ken Wallace September 2009 INTRODUCTION Two key trends have dramatically altered the venture capital industry over the last three decades: the rise of larger fund sizes and the decline of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) as an exit market for venture - backed companies.

Fortunately, a string of bellwether exits (AirBnB, Uber, Lyft, Palantir, etc.) could quickly cure venture liquidity issues by bringing dollars back to LP's, opening the gates for companies sitting on the sidelines, and providing the market with more public acquirers.

Despite the massive increase in dollars flowing into venture capital backed companies in recent years, the exit environment is decidedly tepid.