Sentences with phrase «percent of venture capital funding»

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In the first quarter of 2013, for example, U.S. venture capital firms raised $ 2.9 billion from 44 funds — a decrease of 33 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to the NVCA and Thomson Reuters.

While FundersClub may operate a platform for companies to seek investment, they only select a single - digit (1 to 2 percent) of startups to appear on the platform, with top venture capital firms such as Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz already investing nearly $ 1 billion in companies that they've funded.

Female Founders Fund estimates that even before the very recent venture capital slowdown, an entrepreneur's chances of raising an A round to follow a seed funding were only about 30 percent.

Only 5 percent of the companies that received venture capital funding in 2004 had a female CEO, according to the Crain's Chicago Business article, a trend that has not changed since researchers started tracking these numbers in 1997.

«While 45 percent of first - time ventures receive initial venture capital funding at an early stage, close to 60 percent of entrepreneurs receive initial venture capital funding at an early stage when it is their second or later venture.»

According to venture capital database CB Insights, nearly 10 percent of all crowdfunded projects that pass the $ 100,000 mark land some level of formal venture capital funding after the campaign ends.

About 80 percent of TechStars start - up graduates go on to raise venture capital or a significant angel - funding round, versus maybe 1 percent of all startups who seek funding.

Venture capital funding, which had been setting new records with each passing quarter, tumbled 11 percent at the start of 2016, according to the National Venture Capital Assoccapital funding, which had been setting new records with each passing quarter, tumbled 11 percent at the start of 2016, according to the National Venture Capital AssocCapital Association.

His findings, including that 33 percent of female tech entrepreneurs reported facing «dismissive attitudes» from their colleagues and 15 percent said their abilities had been questioned, came in a presentation in which he decried the «arrogant young brats» — male, of course — getting venture capital funding for «silly social media apps» from investors who hope they will emerge as the «next Mark Zuckerberg.»

A March survey of 500 institutional investors showed that 48 percent planned to increase their allocation to venture capital and private equity, while 28 percent said they would invest more in hedge funds, according to the investment firm Commonfund.

What's more, women - led startups last year obtained just 2.2 percent of all VC funding, Brand said, citing statistics from PitchBook, a Seattle company that tracks mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital.

Zero Stage Capital seeks to achieve superior returns for its investors, while creating an attractive liquidity profile, by investing approximately 50 percent of its funds in early - stage ventures and 50 percent in later - stage ongoing companies.

But just 2.7 percent of the companies, or 183 of 6,517 companies receiving venture capital funding during that period, had a woman CEO.

While the U.S. attracted the most investment (nearly $ 70 billion), accounting for slightly more than half of the global share, 26 percent of total venture capital funds went to China.

Take their barometric reading: Fenwick & West's Venture Capital Barometer — the measurement of change in share price of Silicon Valley companies funded during the quarter compared with their previous financing round — was up 64 percent.

Russian venture capital group Starta Ventures announced Monday the launch of a USD 20 million fund to invest up to 30 percent in pre-initial...

Russian venture capital group Starta Ventures announced Monday the launch of a USD 20 million fund to invest up to 30 percent in pre-initial coin offering (ICO) blockchain startups.

Jersey City, N.J. and Dallas — Denmark - based PFA Pension Fund, a privately - owned investment fund, has formed two separate joint ventures with Spear Street Capital of San Francisco to acquire a 49 percent stake in two office propertFund, a privately - owned investment fund, has formed two separate joint ventures with Spear Street Capital of San Francisco to acquire a 49 percent stake in two office propertfund, has formed two separate joint ventures with Spear Street Capital of San Francisco to acquire a 49 percent stake in two office properties.