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Prepared for Sean J. | Delivered September 13, 2019
Acquisition Price
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Goals
The median acquisition price by round of funding.
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Early Findings
In 2018,
$130.9 billion
was deployed in US-based startups and 8,948 deals were completed.
Angel & seed and early stage "
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posted strong momentum in 2018, experiencing 15.0% and 22.9% increases in
median deal size, respectively."
In the US, the median size of first-round financing was
$3.0 million in 2016
while that of second-round financing was
$6.2 million in 2016
with later-stage financing being
$10.9 million in 2016
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Currently, the average seed funding amount is
$1.1 million
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valuation of seed-stage startups
being $7.5 million.
As of 2019, the average series A funding amount is $13 million while series A startups have a "median
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valuation of $22 million
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Currently, the mean Series B funding is "around $32 million and series B startups have a median
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valuation of $58 million."
The average series C funding round as of 2019 is $55 million. The "median
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valuation of a startup receiving a Series C funding is
currently $115 million.
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, in 2018, the "average successful startup has raised $41 million in venture capital and exited for $
242.9 million dollars."
Among acquired startups,
$29.4 million
was raised, on average and they were sold for $155.5 million.
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