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Research Outline

Prepared for Jake H. | Delivered December 2, 2019

Venture Capital Market

Goals

To obtain a financial analysis of the US VC market, the amount of capital available for investment, and the number of total private equity companies US and global. To obtain an analysis of the large, medium, small players and the percentage of investments in various industries, specifically in the US, specifically, the percentage invested in the nutraceutical space in the manufacturing industry.

Early Findings

IndustriesAs of 2017, the industries that attracted the most venture capital in the US were
Software: 36.2% 
Biotechnology: 17.3% 
Media and entertainment: 9.5% 
VC OverviewAs of 2018, there were 8,300 companies that receive VC funding.
 In the US alone, there are over 1,000 VC firms that gave a collective $117.2 billion in 2018.
These companies have approximately 1,900 active venture funds. 
In 2018, the global VC market gave a collective of 255 billion, worldwide. 
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According to the National Venture Capital Association, manufacturing accounts for $30 billion of VC investments.
In 2017, Pharma and biotech manufacturing sectors received 15 percent of the VC investments in this industry.