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State of the Venture Capital Industry
MARKET ANALYSIS
Summer 2016
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Table of Contents
Introduction:
A Tale of Two Stories
03
Fundraising
06
Investing
12
Valuations
23
Exits & Returns
32
Conclusion:
A Return to the Old Normal
38
A Tale of Two Stories
2015 began with the same ebullience that characterized the venture industry in 2014. The party was full
throttle for much of the year: a fast-paced deal environment, FOMO (“fear of missing out”) behavior by VCs
of all shapes and sizes, copious participation by mutual funds, hedge funds, and corporate VCs, large late
stage financings completed at lofty valuations, and an obsession with tallying new unicorns (venture-backed
companies valued at $1 billion or more).
Introduction
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2015: the year did not end as it began
Introduction
2015 was shaping up to be
another record year in many
respects, but the sands started
shifting midway through the
year.
Volatility rocked the public markets in the third quarter amidst slowing growth in China and
global economic weakness as the Fed decided to delay an interest rate increase. VCs became
more cautious about valuations and where we were in the cycle as they watched the IPO and
M&A markets weaken. Square made headlines when it completed its public offering at a
valuation below its last private round. Fidelity caused a stir when it marked down several of its
private technology companies, including Snapchat and Zenefits. And industry participants took
note when former startup darlings Quirky and Homejoy shuttered operations, and high profile
companies like Twitter, Jawbone and HotelTonight announced layoffs. As CRV remarked in a
letter to its investors, “the good times cycle is closer to the end than the beginning.”
The negative sentiment manifested itself in a drop off in fourth quarter activity – fewer
financings were completed, less capital was invested, and valuations declined – while VCs
began to position their portfolio companies for a period of greater uncertainty. Entrepreneurs
were no longer able to raise “easy” capital to fuel the growth of their companies. As the
balance of power shifted back to the VCs, their conversations with entrepreneurs shifted to
managing burn rates, focusing on unit economics, getting to profitability, and being realistic
about the valuations of their companies.
Because the year was bifurcated, to best understand the state of the venture capital industry
today we should look beyond the headlines and record setting data from 2015 and more
closely examine trends in the fourth quarter and into the first quarter of 2016.
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2016: what a difference a year makes
Introduction
Growing caution during the third and fourth
quarters of 2015 became more entrenched
in early 2016. When comparing CB Insights
data from the first quarter of 2016 to the first
quarter of 2015, the trend is clear:
Financing rounds were down 10%
Capital invested declined 26%
Pre-money valuations dropped 65%
IPOs were off 50%
As industry participants shifted their attention
from tracking new unicorns to tracking down-
round financings and “unicorpses” (companies
once considered to be unicorns), and as sales
of the proverbial ping pong tables in Silicon
Valley weakened, Bloomberg declared “RIP:
Silly Times” (evoking Sequoia’s “RIP: Good
Times” presentation in 2008).
•	 Many private companies are pursuing operating plans that are predicated on old assumptions
– and we’ve encouraged them to review their plans under new market assumptions, and make
changes where appropriate.
•	 For the last several years, there has been a massive dislocation between valuations of public
companies and valuations of private companies. This temporary dislocation is rapidly being
corrected.
•	 A key difference between today and prior tech market corrections is the fact that today’s
valuation adjustments often happen in public — whereas before 2010, most private companies
valuations were kept private. (Companies announce or leak, Fidelity and T. Rowe Price publish
monthly.)
•	 Entrepreneurs, by nature, are optimists — it’s why they are successful. But unchecked optimism
can be a founder’s Achilles heel. There is an entire generation of founders (and funders) who
have only experienced one kind of market – the boom time market of the last eight years.
They have never experienced a downturn, and many believe that this is just a temporary blip.
•	 We don’t believe this is the “new” normal. Rather, we think (and hope that) this is a return to
the “old normal.” A recognition that the >3x increase in valuations (and the metrics they were
based on) over the last few years had gotten ahead of reality.
•	 …evolving from a unicorn into a cockroach will be extremely painful — but…the sooner you
realize the situation on the ground has changed, the more time you have to [fix the] problem
and succeed.
•	 …great companies emerge during both boom times and bust times — and sticking to our
investment model (and strategy) is especially important during both ends of the cycle.
First Round Capital publicly shared its first quarter letter to
investors, where it made several well-articulated observations
that capture the current state of the industry and are thus
worth repeating:
“
”
Fundraising
After a robust fundraising environment in
2015, VCs in the US raised more capital —
almost $12 billion — in the first quarter of
2016 than in any quarter over the past ten
years, according to Thomson Reuters.
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2015: another strong year for fundraising
Fundraising
According to Pitchbook, just 14% of US venture funds
missed their targets during the year, and closing times
declined for the second consecutive year, indicating a
healthy fundraising market for 2015. Similar to 2014,
venture capital raised in 2015 exceeded amounts each
year between 2009 and 2013; however, the 2014 and
2015 amounts raised remained well below the amount
raised during the peak of the Internet bubble in 2000,
and were shy of levels reached in 2005 and 2006 prior
to the financial crisis.
Total US Venture Capital Raised
Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. Includes fundraising by US venture capital and venture capital-type investors (funds
with limited partners).
While fewer venture capital firms raised new funds in 2015
and less capital was raised relative to 2014, 2015 was a strong
year historically and saw the largest venture fund ever raised
($2.8 billion by NEA).
Capital		 Funds
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35
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AllVentureCapitalFunds
AllVentureCapital($Bn)
2000
84
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
US VENTURE
FIRMS RAISED
206 $
24.1B
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-
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0
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Seed/EarlyFunds
Seed/EarlyCapital($Bn)
2015: early stage fundraising mirrored overall market
Fundraising
When we isolate and examine seed/early stage data only, we
find the trends in 2015 to be the same as in the overall market:
fundraising was robust even though fewer early stage funds
raised less capital compared to the prior year.
As it did in 2014, average fund size increased,
although there were fewer funds and less venture
capital raised overall. The average seed/early stage
fund size in 2015 of $103.7 million was consistent
with historical sizes and was actually lower than the
averages in 2000, 2001, 2006 and 2011.
Seed/Early Stage US Venture Capital Raised
US SEED/EARLY
STAGE FIRMS RAISED
134 $
13.9B
196% more than
2010
72% more than
2010Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. Includes fundraising by US venture capital and venture capital-type investors (funds
with limited partners).
Capital		 Funds
2000
44
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
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2015: capital continued to consolidate with fewer firms
Fundraising
During 2015, we continued to see fundraising
dominated by a handful of firms —
This “flight to quality” is a long-term trend in the venture market that we have
highlighted in previous reports. By and large, the experienced VCs with unique and
sustainable competitive advantages, strong track records, and excellent reputations
among entrepreneurs and LPs continue to raise sizable pools of capital today.
3% of firms raised 47% of capital
6% of firms raised 61% of capital
6 FIRMS CLOSED ON $1+B FUNDS
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2015: active VCs trended lower
Fundraising
To estimate the number of active firms in the
market over time, we first analyzed the number of
firms that raised capital in 2015 and in the previous
four vintage years. We then analyzed the number
of firms that invested in at least three and five
companies each year. The first method – depicted
by the blue bars – proxies the number of funds with
capital available for new investments, as venture
capital investment periods typically span five years.
According to this metric, 447 funds were within
their investment periods during 2015. While the
number of active funds has fluctuated on a yearly
basis over time, it is notably 70% lower than in
2001, which marked the peak of the data set. To
examine the number of funds we believe were truly
active, we determined how many invested in three
or more – and five or more – deals during each
year. In 2015, 291 funds invested in three or more
deals, a decrease of 14% year-over-year and 78%
less than in 2001. Similarly, 211 funds invested in
five or more deals in 2015, 16% fewer than in 2014
and 82% fewer than in 2001.
While the industry continued to right-size in 2015,
the higher number of active funds in 2015 and 2014
relative to 2013 and 2012, as well as the strong
fundraising markets in 2015 and 2016, may signal
a plateau of active firms or perhaps a reversal of
the long-term trend. As such, we will continue to
monitor future data in order to assess the overall
health of the venture capital ecosystem.
Active VCs
Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. Includes all US venture capital funds greater than $10 million that raised
capital in 2015 and the previous four vintage years.
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
1,362
1 , 1 8 8
447
291
2 1 1
1,078
Aggregate Funds		 5+ Deals		 3+ Deals
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2016: fundraising is off to a strong start
Fundraising
Unlike other current aspects of the venture market highlighted in this report, fundraising in early
2016 appears to be full steam ahead. In Q1 2016...
•	 59% more capital raised by US funds compared to Q1 2015 (Thomson Reuters).
•	 Median fund size increased globally by 66% over Q1 2015 (Pitchbook).
7 FIRMS CLOSED ON $1+B FUNDS
VCs in the US raised more capital — almost $12 billion —
in the first quarter of 2016 than in any quarter over the
past ten years, according to Thomson Reuters.
Is this
fundraising pace
sustainable
throughout the
remainder of
2016?
Following on the heels of a very
active investing year for VCs
in 2014, 2015 proved to be
an equally active year.
$72.3BINVESTED ACROSS ALL
STAGES—
A POST BUBBLE RECORD
Investing
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2015: record year for investing due to late stage activity
Investing
Following on the heels of a very active year for VCs in 2014, 2015 proved to be an equally
active year; while fewer companies overall received funding, capital invested into those
companies increased to a level not seen in the past 15 years. As discussed later in this
report, venture disbursement data in 2015 reflects larger round sizes, especially for later
stage financings.
As Bill Gurley of Benchmark remarked, there was an absence of fear in Silicon Valley during
much of 2015 and the defining characteristic of the environment was the absurd amount of
capital being raised by portfolio companies.
Total US Venture Capital Invested
Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015.
24%MORE CAPITAL INVESTED
COMPARED TO 2014 —
BUT IN 4% FEWER COMPANIES
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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90
AllVentureCompanies
AllVentureInvested($Bn)
Invested		 Companies
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
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0
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500
750
1,000
1,250
1,500
0
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LateStageCompanies
LateStageInvested($Bn)
2015: late stage investing rose to all-time high
Investing
Late stage investment activity over the last two years was nothing short of robust. After a
record breaking year in 2014, late stage investing in 2015 continued its upward climb, both in
terms of the number of companies financed and capital invested. Since 2012, capital invested
has increased proportionally more than the number of companies financed; as a result, the
average amount invested in late stage rounds more than doubled, from $16.0 million in 2012
to $35.0 million in 2015, according to Thomson Reuters data. Very large late stage financings
became a phenomenon in 2014, and the trend continued in 2015 with the close of over 100
“mega” rounds (defined as $100 million or more by CB Insights). And the list of companies to
raise “super mega” rounds also grew in 2015; according to Pitchbook, six deals of at least $1
billion in financing were raised by SpaceX, Airbnb, SoFi, and Uber in the US, plus Coupang
and DiDi abroad.
Late Stage Capital Invested
Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015.
INVESTED
1,319$
46.1B
31% more than 2014
61% more than 2000
4% more than 2014
31% more than 2000
LATE STAGE
COMPANIES
Invested		 Companies
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
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Why has late stage investing seen a
dramatic “up and to the right” trend?
PARTICIPATION BY NON-TRADITIONAL
AND CORPORATE VCS
One factor is the increased participation of non-traditional investors
such as mutual funds and hedge funds — in addition to multi stage
VCs and growth equity players — in late stage, pre-IPO financings.
Mutual funds such as T. Rowe Price, Wellington, and Fidelity, who
once could participate in company growth in the public markets,
continued their search for growth in the private markets. In 2015, mutual
funds participated in deals raised by 23 unicorns combined, including
those for Airbnb, Snapchat and Pinterest (according to Pitchbook).
Corporate VCs set a 15-year record in 2015 by allocating $7.6 billion
to US-based startups (according to Moneytree/Thomson Reuters). And
worldwide, nearly 200 corporate VCs pumped $27.4 billion into startups
in 2015, compared to just $8.9 billion in 2012 — a three-fold increase
over three years, according to Pitchbook.
Average Years to IPO	 Average No. of Rounds of Financing to IPO
1996-2000 2000-2005 2006-2010 2011-2015
5.25
4.65
6.996.35
7.37
9.02
COMPANIES STAYING PRIVATE LONGER
Availability of capital has allowed companies to stay private longer and
continue growing without regulatory and public investor scrutiny. In fact,
in the late 1990s, it took over five years for a company to IPO after at
least four rounds of financing, compared to the more recent average
of nine years after nearly seven rounds. And the median time to exit by
acquisition — seven years, according to Pitchbook — is not much better.
All this, of course, had an impact on late stage valuations in 2015 (which
we address later in this report) and encouraged a lack of discipline by
some in the industry (in the form of indiscriminate follow-on financings
by VCs or unsustainably high burn rates by companies, for example).
In the US alone, non-traditional VCs
accounted for 55% of capital invested in
VC-backed companies in 2015 (in round
sizes of at least $20 million), compared
to just 37% in 2012 – a 50% increase over
three years.
VentureSource as of December 31, 2015.
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“Companies are taking on huge burn rates to justify spending the capital they are
raising in these enormous financings, putting their long-term viability in jeopardy.
Late stage investors, desperately afraid of missing out on acquiring positions in
possible ‘unicorn’ companies, have essentially abandoned their traditional risk
analysis. Traditional early stage investors, institutional public investors, and anyone
with extra millions are rushing in to the high-stakes, late stage game.“
- Bill Gurley, Benchmark (Above the Crowd blog)
“There’s way too much money in the
system ultimately chasing few really
great companies. The problem with
that is you have a bunch of imposter
companies get funded for a lot longer
than [is] traditionally the case.”
- Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital
(Fortune)
Ten years ago there was about the same amount
of money committed to venture capital funds as
invested into startups. But in the past two years,
2.5 times more money was invested into startups
than was committed to the asset class.
- Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures (Fortune)
V C & N E W S C O M M E N TA R Y
Over 80% of all capital
invested at the late stage
in 2015 was in deals of $25
million or more, easily a
record and close to 30%
higher than levels seen 10
years ago.
Late-stage investment
in the third quarter
[of 2015] surged 25%
from a year earlier.
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0
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EarlyStageCompanies
EarlyStageInvested($B)
2015: more early stage capital flowed to fewer companies
Investing
Notwithstanding the dips in 2008 and 2009, the overall trend has been an increasing number of
early stage companies funded over the last 12 years; however, the number remains well below
the peak in 2000. While fewer early stage companies were actually financed in 2015, more
early stage capital was invested compared to the prior year. This divergence demonstrates that
early stage financing rounds have grown larger as a result of both a competitive marketplace
and the accelerated development of many companies raising Series A rounds. A reality today
is that seed rounds have become the new Series A rounds in regards to size, participants, and
pre-money valuation, and companies are indeed waiting to raise Series A rounds until certain
user and/or revenue metrics are established. In fact, according to Thomson Reuters data, the
average amount invested in early stage companies in 2015 was $7.0 million, 32% more than
the $4.7 million average two years prior. Those companies without substantial momentum
at the Series A stage, however, can find it difficult to get funded by new outside investors, in
which case insider-led rounds or bridge rounds may be the next best option.
Early Stage Capital Invested
Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015.
EARLY STAGE
COMPANIESINVESTED
1,360$
9.5B
6% more capital
compared to
2014
5% fewer
companies than
in 2014
Invested		 Companies
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
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0
100
200
300
400
500
600
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100
200
300
400
500
SeedStageCompanies
SeedStageInvested($M)
2015: seed investing moderated unlike early and late stages
Investing
While the venture industry as a whole had a record year for
investment in 2015, seed stage activity continued along a
trend of moderation both in terms of companies formed
and capital invested.
Starting in 2011, the industry saw a proliferation
of new micro-VCs, just as the industry was
embracing a paradigm shift in company
formation. With the onset of new seed investors
came increased competition and larger/more
institutional pools of capital. The outcome was
seed rounds of financing that were larger than in
the past, such that they looked more like Series
A rounds. In fact, according to Thomson Reuters
data, the average seed stage investment has
grown by 66%, from $700,000 in 2009 to $1.2
million in 2015. At the same time, companies
with early traction sometimes skipped seed
rounds and raised Series A rounds instead, as
traditional Series A investors looked to identify,
invest and capture ownership earlier. The result: a
continued blurring of the lines between seed and
early stage companies and financings.
Seed Stage Capital Invested
Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015.
Invested		 Companies
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
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2015: seed stage data reflects lower startup costs
Investing
Despite higher valuations, the attractive economics
of startup formation and the talented seed stage VCs
who are backing the best ideas and entrepreneurs
continue to make the seed space an attractive one in
which to selectively invest.
While seed stage activity has declined steadily since 2012, the 2015 data suggests
that company formation and seed stage funding remained at healthy levels.
Compared to 2000 when a record amount of seed stage capital was invested, a
similar number of companies were funded in 2015 but with 46% less capital, in large
part due to dramatically lower startup costs. With cloud computing, software-as-
a-service (SaaS) business models, and viral marketing, the cost to start an Internet
technology company has decreased dramatically since 2000, and as a result,
companies can effectively prove their products and services using far less capital.
INVESTED
$
251M
higher than the
2001-2010
time period
58% fewer than
the 2012 peak
SEED STAGE
COMPANIES
215
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2015: investing pace slowed in Q4
Investing
“The grow-at-any-cost mantra is gone, and has been replaced
by unit economics. Companies that have counted on large sums
of cheap cash to fuel unprofitable growth must find ways to fund
future expansion on their own.” - Ari Levy (CNBC)
The fourth quarter of last year marked a departure from the active and buoyant
venture capital environment over the past two years. The shifting sands, instigated
by public market volatility and weak global economic indicators, were no surprise
to industry participants, as many had wondered whether we had been riding
the coattails of a bubble. The data in the fourth quarter represents the start of a
correction, if not exactly a bubble bursting. CB Insights reported a sharp decline in
capital invested into US startups (31% decline from the third quarter) and a second
consecutive quarterly decline in US deal activity (21% fewer deals than the second
quarter).
While fewer deals closed, those that did took longer as the frenetic pace earlier in
the year subsided. According to a survey by Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures, 45%
of investors in the fourth quarter said it took longer to get deals funded (and 77%
of VCs expect it to take even longer in 2016). The slowdown in the fourth quarter
was, not surprisingly, led by late stage investment activity. According to CB Insights,
after 39 $100+ million venture rounds closed in the US in the third quarter, investors
pulled back and closed just 18 of these “mega” rounds in the fourth quarter.
31%
21%
DECLINE IN CAPITAL INVESTED
FROM Q3 TO Q4 2015
DECLINE IN NUMBER OF DEALS
FROM Q2 TO Q4 2015
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2016: investment activity remains stifled
Investing
“The start of 2016 marked the end of the steroid era of startups — the time between 2010 and 2015
when money was cheap and more plentiful, and used as a performance enhancing drug for company
acceleration.  The period of cheap capital and billion dollar checks has ended. In this capital constrained
market, buying scale is no longer going to be a credible lever for the next generation of startups.”
- Simon Rothman, Greylock Partners (Greylock website)
While the Wall Street Journal headline “Startup Investors Hit the Brakes” may
be exaggerating the current state of the industry, it is fair to say that US venture
activity in early 2016 is a far cry from this time a year ago. But in reality, it is
roughly in line with the fourth quarter of 2015. A Moneytree report that finds
a “steadying venture investment environment” is probably a more accurate
descriptor.
CB Insights data suggests that deal volume dropped for the third consecutive
quarter, while invested capital rose slightly (but is still far from the peak in the
third quarter of 2015). The tally of “mega” rounds in the US was flat in the first
quarter, and after annualizing the tally through mid-May, CB Insights suggests that
“mega” rounds in 2016 are on track to beat 2014 but will fall short of the peak in
2015.
Yet the flattening, softening trends are not necessarily uniform across the industry.
For example, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National
Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters, corporate VCs invested
$2.5 billion in US startups in the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 95% over
the fourth quarter of 2015. Corporate VCs participated in nearly a quarter of all
venture capital deals in the first quarter (the highest percentage since 2008) and
corporate dollars made up over 20% of all venture capital dollars invested (the
highest quarterly level in the history of the industry). Time will tell if, when and
why corporate VCs begin to slow their pace in line with the rest of the market.
Quarterly US Venture Capital Invested
CB Insights as of March 31, 2016.
0
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2013 2014 2015 2016
Invested ($B)	 Deals
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“You cannot raise on the same sort of
ecosystem momentum that you might
have been able to before…it’s a return
to the mean. I think these are healthy
adjustments that people are making.”
Matt Mazzeo, Lowercase Capital
V C C O M M E N TA R Y: I N V E S T I N G
Valuations
While seed and early stage valuations
were at post-bubble highs in 2015, late
stage valuations reached an all-time high
for the third consecutive year.
2016 State of Venture Capital | 24
0
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10
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2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
MedianPre-moneyValuations($M)
2015: seed/early stage valuations at post-bubble highs
Valuations
Early stage valuations (for Series A rounds)
continued their climb for the second consecutive
year but increased more moderately than mid
and late stage valuations, while seed valuations
remained at the post-bubble high reached in 2014.
While reaching their own post-bubble high in 2015,
early stage valuations have been rather volatile,
with more frequent yearly increases and decreases
since 2000.
•	 Seed valuations held steady at $5.0 million in
2014 and 2015.
•	 Early stage valuations crept 17% higher to
$15.5 million, but remained 23% lower than in
2000.
Median Seed & Early Stage Pre-money Valuations
VentureSource as of December 31, 2015.
Seed		 Early Stage
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
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2015: late stage valuations reached all-time high
Valuations
Median Mid & Late Stage Pre-money Valuations
Mid stage valuations, typically represented by
Series B and C financings, increased substantially
in 2015 but were overshadowed by late stage
valuations, which reached an all-time high for the
third consecutive year. Late stage valuations (Series
D rounds and later) were on a steady climb since
2003, only decreasing yearly in 2009 in the wake
of the financial crisis. Since 2003, the median late
stage valuation increased a whopping 1,371%, and
since the dip in 2009, 759%. While the magnitude
of these increases were eye-popping, they were not
necessarily unexpected given the record amount
of late stage capital invested over the preceding
years. And there were other factors, some of which
we’ve discussed in prior reports, that help explain
the trend in rising valuations.
•	 Mid stage valuations rose 60% over 2014,
reaching a record high of $80 million.
•	 Late stage valuations skyrocketed to $500
million, 100% higher than 2014 and 334%
higher than in 2000.
Mid Stage	 Late Stage
0
100
200
300
400
500
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
MedianPre-moneyValuations($M)
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
VentureSource as of December 31, 2015.
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What has been driving late stage valuations?
Unlike the dot.com [era], plenty
of today’s businesses have
achieved mega valuations
because they’re upending
massive markets or pioneering
tech transitions and supplanting
incumbent vendors.
67% of US venture
rounds in 2015 were up
from the immediately
prior financing, easily
the highest percentage
seen in at least a decade.
A N E W G E N E R AT I O N O F T E C H C O M P A N I E S
From a technology standpoint, the impact that mobile devices and cloud computing
have had on disrupting new industries is significant – akin to our generation’s Industrial
Revolution. There are over three billion Internet users and over 2.5 billion smartphone
users globally, according to Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report. Since the end-user
markets for technology products and services are so vast, company valuations should
arguably reflect this reality. The excitement around this new generation of maturing
technology startups naturally attracted investors to the sector.
A G G R E S S I V E I N V E S T O R B E H AV I O R
In some cases, valuations were driven higher by aggressive participants – VCs driven by
FOMO and the desire to associate hot company logos with their own brands; hedge
funds and mutual funds that were eager for pre-IPO exposure and were less sensitive to
price; and corporate VCs that were flush with cash.
C O M P A N I E S S TAY I N G P R I VAT E L O N G E R
As noted earlier in this report, as companies are taking longer to go public, private
investors have had more time and opportunity to invest and participate in the steep
portion of companies’ value creation curves. As a result, these companies have grown
larger and stronger in terms of fundamentals, and thus merit – or are expected to grow
into – their high valuations.
2016 State of Venture Capital | 27
“We didn’t want to compete with crossover
investors who were not as price sensitive…if
they were looking for a 1.5x or 2x, that’s not
our sort of deal.”
- Scott Nolan, Founders Fund
“We saw a ton of momentum rounds. A lot
of companies...were able to raise with far
less proof points at far higher valuations.
[And] we saw a lot of funds acting out of
fear that they had a lot of capital on hand.”
- Matt Mazzeo, Lowercase Capital
V C C O M M E N TA R Y: VA LU AT I O N S
2016 State of Venture Capital | 28
2015: the flurry of new unicorns
Valuations
As valuations rose in 2015, so too did
the number of unicorns, or technology
startups valued at $1 billion or more.
Some surmise that 2015 will go down as the
“year of the unicorn” since, according to
Pitchbook, an average of 1.5 new unicorns were
“born” each week during the year.
While the media obsessively tracked and
pontificated on unicorns, many VCs became
annoyed at the phenomenon and perceived it
to be a distraction to entrepreneurs who should
focus more on building their businesses, not
the valuations of their businesses.
Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures, for example,
is convinced that the unicorn phenomenon
“will be the thing most historians laugh most
about in this era.”
2016 State of Venture Capital | 29
2015: 76 new unicorns 2016: only 18 new unicorns
T H E U N I C O R N P H E N O M E N O N
•	 Unicorn tally reached 143
•	Nearly $33B was invested in unicorns, with a
median deal size of $158M
•	 Median length of time to become a unicorn
was 6 years after consuming an average of
$95M of capital
•	 If annualized, year-end tally could be
50% less than 2015
•	 14 decacorns each valued at more than
$10B, up from 10 a year ago
Sources: CB Insights Pitchbook, Spoke Intelligence, and VentureBeat.
FIRMS WITH THE MOST UNICORNS
37 29 28
2016 State of Venture Capital | 30
2015: valuations and unicorns retrenched in Q4
Valuations
Conversations with entrepreneurs began to evolve from raising “easy” capital
to fuel growth to raising “rainy day” capital for protection, especially if the
exit markets dried up.
After the S&P 500 fell 11% in a single week in August 2015, private market valuations
recalibrated rather quickly between the third and fourth quarters. As a consequence, CB
Insights started a down-round tracker to record the “wounded companies of the unicorn
era.” And as Fidelity and other mutual funds attracted attention and added to the market’s
trepidation by publicly marking down (rightly or wrongly) estimated share prices of unicorns
in their portfolios, the Wall Street Journal created The Startup Stock Trader to follow these
changes.
More importantly however, entrepreneurs were forced to acknowledge that they may have to
raise capital at the same or lower valuation than in their last rounds — a departure in thinking
from the last several years. Dharmesh Thakker of Battery Ventures commented to CNBC that
the phrase he heard a lot was “open-minded” in reference to how founders and companies
are approaching their value.
In Q4 2015...
•	 Median valuations of new financings declined by 55% (VentureSource).
•	 Late stage private cloud companies dropped from a peak average valuation of 15x
revenue earlier in the year to 11.8x at year-end (Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture
Partners to CNBC).
•	 12% of financing rounds were down rounds, a notable change from the prior quarter
when only 4% were down rounds. A disproportionate number of down rounds were
Series E and later; 26% of these rounds saw their valuations marked down, versus 11% in
the third quarter (Fenwick & West).
CB Insights through December 31, 2015.
17
15
25 25
13
Q4
2014
Q1
2015
Q2
2015
Q3
2015
Q4
2015
New Unicorns Globally
2016 State of Venture Capital | 31
2016: retrenching stays the course
Valuations
“Many entrepreneurs are getting capital, just less than before, and they’re working
harder for it. The balance of power is shifting across tech startup land. Not long ago,
entrepreneurs had the upper hand. Investors are exerting their newfound power by
asking more questions about a startup’s prospects and taking more time to invest.”
- Katie Benner (The New York Times)
The trends in early 2016 have stayed the course: fewer new unicorns and more
down rounds and down exits.
According to CB Insights, 30 companies have settled for lower financing or
exit valuations so far in 2016, which is just short of the figure for all of last year.
Businesses with poor or questionable unit economic models are the most
impacted, but some good companies could be swept up in the more general
market malaise (in the on-demand food delivery space, for example).
While the headlines have naturally been focused on the valuation correction and
its effects, as well as the stories of Zenefits and Theranos — once high-flying
startups that hit bumps in the road due to growth and management missteps —
the market has not experienced an indiscriminate pullback in capital raising.
Premium companies with impressive revenue and user adoption metrics can
still raise capital at attractive valuations.  A few recent examples include Slack,
an enterprise messaging platform (April 2015 round done at $2.6 billion, latest
round done at $3.6 billion); Lyft, an on-demand transportation service (May 2015
round done at $2.4 billion, latest round done at $4.5 billion); Snapchat, a photo
messaging application (March 2015 round done at $15.0 billion, latest round
done at $17.5 billion), and Uber, another on-demand transportation service (July
2015 round done at $50.0 billion, latest $3.5 billion round done at $62.5 billion).
Down Rounds/Exits Eclipsing New Unicorns
CB Insights through March 31, 2016.
New Unicorns	 VC-backed Down Rounds/Exits
15
25 25
13
5
9
6
7
16
14
Q1
2015
Q2
2015
Q3
2015
Q4
2015
Q1
2016
Exits & Returns
After a strong showing in 2014,
public market appetite for
venture-backed companies
softened in 2015.
2015: IPO market softened
Exits & Returns
After a strong showing in 2014, public market appetite for
venture-backed companies softened in 2015. As Bill Gurley at
Benchmark remarked, the IPO market was open in 2015, but
companies opted not to use it; companies got spooked after
watching poor performing IPOs such as Etsy’s, and companies
such as Box and Square price below the valuations of their last
private rounds.
While the number of IPOs in 2015 was lower than in both 2014
and 2013, the tally was still significantly higher (over 8x) than
the low point of 2008. The largest technology IPO in 2015 was
First Data, which raised $2.8 billion, whereas the largest venture-
backed technology IPO was Fitbit, which raised $841 million.
While the median market cap for newly minted public companies
rose slightly in 2015, the declining trend since 2011 remained
evident. Given that biotechnology companies, which tend to
have lower market capitalizations than their technology brethren,
made up more than half of all venture-backed IPOs over the last
three years, this declining trend was not surprising.
2016 State of Venture Capital | 33
Number & Median Market Capitalization of IPOs
Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015.
84 venture-backed companies went public, 29% fewer companies
than in 2014, and the median market cap decreased to $325M
-
100
200
300
400
500
600
-
50
100
150
200
250
300
MedianPost-IPOMarketCap($M)
Venture-backedIPOs
IPOs		 Median Market Cap
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
2016 State of Venture Capital | 34
-
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
-
100
200
300
400
500
600
Avg.AquisitionValue($M)
Venture-backedM&A
2015: M&A activity decreased
Exits & Returns
2015 was also a rather weak year for venture-backed
mergers and acquisitions, measured by both the number of
acquisitions and the average acquisition price. The largest
venture-backed acquisition news of the year was in the
healthcare sector, with AstraZeneca agreeing to acquire a
majority stake in Acerta Pharma that could value the company
near $7 billion. Hitachi’s $600 million acquisition of Pentaho
was the largest venture-backed M&A event in the technology
sector last year.
415 venture-backed companies were acquired, 18% less than in
2014, and the average acquisition value decreased to $304M
Number & Average Value of M&A Transactions
Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015.
M&As		 Average Acquisition Value
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
2016 State of Venture Capital | 35
2016: sluggish start for exits
Exits & Returns
In Q1 2016...
•	 Only 6 venture-backed IPOs,
all life science companies
(annualized would be 29% of
2015 volume).
•	 79 venture-backed M&A deals
announced (annualized would
be 76% of 2015 volume).
The year started with the announcement that e-commerce company Gilt Groupe, once a unicorn, had sold
for $250 million, thus becoming a “unicorpse.” Since then, exit news has been bleak.
The IPO market has certainly been in a drought by many measures. According to Thomson Reuters and
the National Venture Capital Association, the number of IPOs in the first quarter of 2016 was off 65% from
the first quarter of 2015 and was the slowest quarter since the third quarter of 2011. And if it weren’t for
life science companies, first quarter IPOs would have been non-existent. The first quarter ended without
a single technology IPO, which marked the first time in seven years that no venture-backed technology
company had listed publicly. The technology IPO drought came to an end in April with the NASDAQ
debut of SecureWorks, but the company priced fewer shares below the target price, dampening hopes
that it might jumpstart the sluggish market. Industry participants will be watching the IPO pipeline closely
over the remainder of the year, particularly Twilio, which recently priced above its range and last private
round of financing, and is the first technology unicorn to go public since Square in November of last year.
The M&A market showed more signs of life during the first quarter of 2016, but even still, the volume
was 19% less than in the first quarter of 2015. However, several large M&A announcements in the second
quarter could bode well for the future. Venture-backed companies Stemcentrx and Marketo are being
acquired by AbbVie for $10.2 billion and Vista Equity for $1.8 billion, respectively. Although not venture-
backed, Symantec’s plans to acquire Blue Coat Systems for $4.7 billion and Microsoft’s (MSFT) plans to
acquire LinkedIn (LNKD) for $26.2 billion, which could surpass Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp as the
largest-ever technology M&A, just might spark the technology M&A market. As Dan Primack of Fortune
surmised, it could be that both strategic and financial buyers now believe that assets are under priced.
It’s fair to say that 2016 has not been kind to venture-backed exits,
particularly in the technology sector. But with companies like Airbnb,
Uber, Pinterest, Palantir, Slack, Lyft, and Tanium in the pipeline,
2017 and 2018 could be better years for venture-backed exits.
2016 State of Venture Capital | 36
“As those really strong companies
choose to go public, eventually I think
you’ll see better IPOs.”
Scott Nolan, Founders Fund
V C C O M M E N TA R Y: E X I T S
Overall: recent vintage years performing well
Exits & Returns
2016 State of Venture Capital | 37
Fund performance and returns to limited partners are directly impacted by exit markets, as well as by other
factors such as private and public market valuations and portfolio company operating metrics.
It is now well understood that low absolute returns during the early 2000s were driven primarily by an
overcapitalized venture industry and too many funds chasing too few compelling investments. As discussed
already, the industry has consolidated meaningfully when measured by the number of active venture firms.
This consolidation has contributed to improved returns. Cambridge Associates’ venture capital index
increased by nearly 14% in 2015, following increases by close to 24% in 2014 and over 27% (a post-bubble
record) in 2013. In fact, the venture capital index has outperformed all major public indices (e.g. Russell, MSCI,
Dow Jones, S&P) over the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ending December 2015, thus reflecting the
strong “run” for the asset class. Top quartile returns for each meaningful vintage year since 2007 are above
18% net to LPs, and the particularly strong vintages of 2010-2012 are the highest recorded since 1981 outside
of the 1992-1997 vintages that rode the bubble. Not surprisingly, strong performance, record distributions
back to limited partners, and a bull market were followed by increased commitments to and enthusiasm for
the venture asset class. With the market correction, softening valuations, and uncertain exit markets, we will
watch carefully how well recent strong paper gains can be realized in the years to come.
Upper quartile vintage year IRRs
Cambridge Associates as of December 31, 2015.
18%
TOP QUARTILE RETURNS FOR
EVERY MEANINGFUL VINTAGE
YEAR SINCE 2007 ARE MORE THAN
NET TO LPS
-
10%
20%
30%
40%
Upper Quartile IRR
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 2013
Conclusion
A Return to the Old Normal
In many ways, the bylines in 2015 read much like those in 2014. VCs raised an historically large sum of
capital, yet that capital continued to concentrate in the hands of relatively few firms. Early and late stage
investment activity increased, thanks in part to the sustained participation of non-traditional investors such
as mutual funds and hedge funds, as well as corporate VCs. Early and late stage valuations again reached
record highs as the unicorn count continued to grow. And investors remained excited about the investment
opportunities arising from the long-term bull market for technology. But differences between 2014 and
2015 are equally important to highlight. The exit markets in 2015 were certainly less fruitful than in 2014.
And as we observed in the introduction to this report, 2015 concluded with dampened statistics and a more
muted, cautious, and uncertain tenor, compared to the party that was still going strong at the close of 2014.
2016 State of Venture Capital | 39
A return to the old normal
Conclusion
While the party atmosphere no longer characterizes the venture capital market in 2016, there are certain aspects to
the hangover that are welcome: more rationale valuations and behavior by venture capitalists; a slower deal pace; less
FOMO; and a renewed focus on operating metrics and profitability, not just growth projections. Yet the same excitement
remains for the opportunities to start and invest in truly transformational technology companies that are disrupting
verticals from insurance to real estate to automobiles, and new excitement is building based on advancements in artificial
intelligence, virtual reality, software-enabled biotech, and quantum computing. This all indicates that it is likely a great
time to be investing in and alongside the most experienced, high quality venture managers. So perhaps this is a return to
the old normal, as First Round Capital suggests, but also the beginning of another era of innovation.
“In this next era, growth will give
way to profitability. Leveraging
capital will give way to leveraging
people and product. Focus will
move from the balance sheet to
the income statement. The center
of gravity will shift from financial
to strategic. Yes, the post-steroid
era will be harder but companies
will be more sustainable and built
upon a stronger foundation as
founders will use creativity instead
of money to solve problems.”
- Simon Rothman, Greylock Partners
(Greylock website)
“The healthiest thing that could
possibly happen is a dramatic
increase in the real cost of capital
and a return to an appreciation for
sound business execution.”
- Bill Gurley, Benchmark (Above the
Crowd blog)
“The next 3 years will value
patience over speed at all costs.”
- Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures
(Upfront VC Analysis 2016)
“Just as in the last cycle, I believe
the category-defining companies
of the next decade will be
launched and funded in the next
couple of ‘less exciting/slower’
years. Not ‘Uber for X’ but ideas
that could create new markets and
enjoy infinite runway in terms of
growth.”
- Niko Bonatsos, General Catalyst
Partners (TechCrunch)
VC COMMENTARY
2016 State of Venture Capital | 40
Resources
Conclusion
A note about the data referenced throughout this report: We acknowledge that there are numerous sources of
industry data that may differ materially in methodology, breadth, and statistics. For consistency, we primarily reference
two sources throughout this report. Thomson Reuters tends to capture a greater percentage of fundraising activity, and
VentureSource typically captures a greater share of investment activity. We therefore leveraged Thomson Reuters’s
platform to analyze venture capital fundraising, and VentureSource to analyze venture capital investments. Two distinct
databases were used in favor of data integrity and at the expense of direct comparisons between fundraising and
investment activity. Readers will notice that venture capital investing actually exceeds fundraising for most years; the
reason is that investment data includes activities by corporate, government, and other entities, while fundraising data
enables analysis of purely institutional venture capital fundraising. True capital invested by institutional venture capital
firms is likely lower than the statistics referenced in these analyses, but we believe the data to be directionally accurate.
In addition, the data we present has not been adjusted for inflation, so many of the comparisons made between 2015
and 2000 data are even more pronounced.
All images sourced through Creative Commons: page 3 “Sea, Wave, Storm, Art, Colors” via Wallpapers Craft; page 6
“Brighton University Peace Cranes” by Dominic Alves taken on April 1, 2011; page 13 “London” by Karen Roe taken on
August 11, 2012; page 23 “Four Leaf Clover” by John taken on May 6, 2009; page 28 “Unicorns Crossing” by Mark Roy
taken on June 23, 2014; page 33 “Speed of Light” by Silver Blue taken on October 4, 2013; page 39 “Blue Ocean Waves”
by Image Catalog taken on July 25, 2014.
2016 State of Venture Capital | 41
About TrueBridge Capital Partners
Conclusion
Established in 2007, TrueBridge Capital Partners is an alternative asset management firm laser-focused on generating
superior returns in the venture capital industry.
TrueBridge identifies and invests in high-performing, access-constrained venture capital opportunities that generate
premium value for its partners. TrueBridge prides itself on a data-driven approach to investing in both venture funds and
venture-backed companies. In addition to extensive due diligence processes, the firm regularly gathers, analyzes, and
publishes information about the venture industry and trends at truebridgecapital.com/insights. The firm is recognized for
its longstanding partnership with Forbes to produce The Midas List, an annual ranking of technology’s top investors.
The State of Venture Capital is an annual market analysis of key venture capital industry trends spanning fundraising,
investments, valuations, exits, and returns.
Follow @TrueBridgeCP for latest updates and insights.
Investment Team Contacts
Edwin Poston
General Partner
eposton@truebridgecapital.com
Mel Williams
General Partner
mwilliams@truebridgecapital.com
Rob Mazzoni
Vice President
rmazzoni@truebridgecapital.com
Mike Whitticom
Vice President
mwhitticom@truebridgecapital.com
Kate S. Simpson
Associate
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Brad Wrege
Analyst
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Michael Lee
Analyst
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2016 State of the Venture Capital Industry

  • 1. State of the Venture Capital Industry MARKET ANALYSIS Summer 2016 1350 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC 919. 442. 5201 truebridgecapital.com @TrueBridgeCP
  • 2. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 2 Table of Contents Introduction: A Tale of Two Stories 03 Fundraising 06 Investing 12 Valuations 23 Exits & Returns 32 Conclusion: A Return to the Old Normal 38
  • 3. A Tale of Two Stories 2015 began with the same ebullience that characterized the venture industry in 2014. The party was full throttle for much of the year: a fast-paced deal environment, FOMO (“fear of missing out”) behavior by VCs of all shapes and sizes, copious participation by mutual funds, hedge funds, and corporate VCs, large late stage financings completed at lofty valuations, and an obsession with tallying new unicorns (venture-backed companies valued at $1 billion or more). Introduction
  • 4. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 4 2015: the year did not end as it began Introduction 2015 was shaping up to be another record year in many respects, but the sands started shifting midway through the year. Volatility rocked the public markets in the third quarter amidst slowing growth in China and global economic weakness as the Fed decided to delay an interest rate increase. VCs became more cautious about valuations and where we were in the cycle as they watched the IPO and M&A markets weaken. Square made headlines when it completed its public offering at a valuation below its last private round. Fidelity caused a stir when it marked down several of its private technology companies, including Snapchat and Zenefits. And industry participants took note when former startup darlings Quirky and Homejoy shuttered operations, and high profile companies like Twitter, Jawbone and HotelTonight announced layoffs. As CRV remarked in a letter to its investors, “the good times cycle is closer to the end than the beginning.” The negative sentiment manifested itself in a drop off in fourth quarter activity – fewer financings were completed, less capital was invested, and valuations declined – while VCs began to position their portfolio companies for a period of greater uncertainty. Entrepreneurs were no longer able to raise “easy” capital to fuel the growth of their companies. As the balance of power shifted back to the VCs, their conversations with entrepreneurs shifted to managing burn rates, focusing on unit economics, getting to profitability, and being realistic about the valuations of their companies. Because the year was bifurcated, to best understand the state of the venture capital industry today we should look beyond the headlines and record setting data from 2015 and more closely examine trends in the fourth quarter and into the first quarter of 2016.
  • 5. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 5 2016: what a difference a year makes Introduction Growing caution during the third and fourth quarters of 2015 became more entrenched in early 2016. When comparing CB Insights data from the first quarter of 2016 to the first quarter of 2015, the trend is clear: Financing rounds were down 10% Capital invested declined 26% Pre-money valuations dropped 65% IPOs were off 50% As industry participants shifted their attention from tracking new unicorns to tracking down- round financings and “unicorpses” (companies once considered to be unicorns), and as sales of the proverbial ping pong tables in Silicon Valley weakened, Bloomberg declared “RIP: Silly Times” (evoking Sequoia’s “RIP: Good Times” presentation in 2008). • Many private companies are pursuing operating plans that are predicated on old assumptions – and we’ve encouraged them to review their plans under new market assumptions, and make changes where appropriate. • For the last several years, there has been a massive dislocation between valuations of public companies and valuations of private companies. This temporary dislocation is rapidly being corrected. • A key difference between today and prior tech market corrections is the fact that today’s valuation adjustments often happen in public — whereas before 2010, most private companies valuations were kept private. (Companies announce or leak, Fidelity and T. Rowe Price publish monthly.) • Entrepreneurs, by nature, are optimists — it’s why they are successful. But unchecked optimism can be a founder’s Achilles heel. There is an entire generation of founders (and funders) who have only experienced one kind of market – the boom time market of the last eight years. They have never experienced a downturn, and many believe that this is just a temporary blip. • We don’t believe this is the “new” normal. Rather, we think (and hope that) this is a return to the “old normal.” A recognition that the >3x increase in valuations (and the metrics they were based on) over the last few years had gotten ahead of reality. • …evolving from a unicorn into a cockroach will be extremely painful — but…the sooner you realize the situation on the ground has changed, the more time you have to [fix the] problem and succeed. • …great companies emerge during both boom times and bust times — and sticking to our investment model (and strategy) is especially important during both ends of the cycle. First Round Capital publicly shared its first quarter letter to investors, where it made several well-articulated observations that capture the current state of the industry and are thus worth repeating: “ ”
  • 6. Fundraising After a robust fundraising environment in 2015, VCs in the US raised more capital — almost $12 billion — in the first quarter of 2016 than in any quarter over the past ten years, according to Thomson Reuters.
  • 7. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 7 2015: another strong year for fundraising Fundraising According to Pitchbook, just 14% of US venture funds missed their targets during the year, and closing times declined for the second consecutive year, indicating a healthy fundraising market for 2015. Similar to 2014, venture capital raised in 2015 exceeded amounts each year between 2009 and 2013; however, the 2014 and 2015 amounts raised remained well below the amount raised during the peak of the Internet bubble in 2000, and were shy of levels reached in 2005 and 2006 prior to the financial crisis. Total US Venture Capital Raised Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. Includes fundraising by US venture capital and venture capital-type investors (funds with limited partners). While fewer venture capital firms raised new funds in 2015 and less capital was raised relative to 2014, 2015 was a strong year historically and saw the largest venture fund ever raised ($2.8 billion by NEA). Capital Funds - 100 200 300 400 500 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 AllVentureCapitalFunds AllVentureCapital($Bn) 2000 84 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015 US VENTURE FIRMS RAISED 206 $ 24.1B
  • 8. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 8 - 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 0 5 10 15 20 25 Seed/EarlyFunds Seed/EarlyCapital($Bn) 2015: early stage fundraising mirrored overall market Fundraising When we isolate and examine seed/early stage data only, we find the trends in 2015 to be the same as in the overall market: fundraising was robust even though fewer early stage funds raised less capital compared to the prior year. As it did in 2014, average fund size increased, although there were fewer funds and less venture capital raised overall. The average seed/early stage fund size in 2015 of $103.7 million was consistent with historical sizes and was actually lower than the averages in 2000, 2001, 2006 and 2011. Seed/Early Stage US Venture Capital Raised US SEED/EARLY STAGE FIRMS RAISED 134 $ 13.9B 196% more than 2010 72% more than 2010Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. Includes fundraising by US venture capital and venture capital-type investors (funds with limited partners). Capital Funds 2000 44 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
  • 9. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 9 2015: capital continued to consolidate with fewer firms Fundraising During 2015, we continued to see fundraising dominated by a handful of firms — This “flight to quality” is a long-term trend in the venture market that we have highlighted in previous reports. By and large, the experienced VCs with unique and sustainable competitive advantages, strong track records, and excellent reputations among entrepreneurs and LPs continue to raise sizable pools of capital today. 3% of firms raised 47% of capital 6% of firms raised 61% of capital 6 FIRMS CLOSED ON $1+B FUNDS
  • 10. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 10 2015: active VCs trended lower Fundraising To estimate the number of active firms in the market over time, we first analyzed the number of firms that raised capital in 2015 and in the previous four vintage years. We then analyzed the number of firms that invested in at least three and five companies each year. The first method – depicted by the blue bars – proxies the number of funds with capital available for new investments, as venture capital investment periods typically span five years. According to this metric, 447 funds were within their investment periods during 2015. While the number of active funds has fluctuated on a yearly basis over time, it is notably 70% lower than in 2001, which marked the peak of the data set. To examine the number of funds we believe were truly active, we determined how many invested in three or more – and five or more – deals during each year. In 2015, 291 funds invested in three or more deals, a decrease of 14% year-over-year and 78% less than in 2001. Similarly, 211 funds invested in five or more deals in 2015, 16% fewer than in 2014 and 82% fewer than in 2001. While the industry continued to right-size in 2015, the higher number of active funds in 2015 and 2014 relative to 2013 and 2012, as well as the strong fundraising markets in 2015 and 2016, may signal a plateau of active firms or perhaps a reversal of the long-term trend. As such, we will continue to monitor future data in order to assess the overall health of the venture capital ecosystem. Active VCs Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. Includes all US venture capital funds greater than $10 million that raised capital in 2015 and the previous four vintage years. 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015 1,362 1 , 1 8 8 447 291 2 1 1 1,078 Aggregate Funds 5+ Deals 3+ Deals
  • 11. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 11 2016: fundraising is off to a strong start Fundraising Unlike other current aspects of the venture market highlighted in this report, fundraising in early 2016 appears to be full steam ahead. In Q1 2016... • 59% more capital raised by US funds compared to Q1 2015 (Thomson Reuters). • Median fund size increased globally by 66% over Q1 2015 (Pitchbook). 7 FIRMS CLOSED ON $1+B FUNDS VCs in the US raised more capital — almost $12 billion — in the first quarter of 2016 than in any quarter over the past ten years, according to Thomson Reuters. Is this fundraising pace sustainable throughout the remainder of 2016?
  • 12. Following on the heels of a very active investing year for VCs in 2014, 2015 proved to be an equally active year. $72.3BINVESTED ACROSS ALL STAGES— A POST BUBBLE RECORD Investing
  • 13. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 13 2015: record year for investing due to late stage activity Investing Following on the heels of a very active year for VCs in 2014, 2015 proved to be an equally active year; while fewer companies overall received funding, capital invested into those companies increased to a level not seen in the past 15 years. As discussed later in this report, venture disbursement data in 2015 reflects larger round sizes, especially for later stage financings. As Bill Gurley of Benchmark remarked, there was an absence of fear in Silicon Valley during much of 2015 and the defining characteristic of the environment was the absurd amount of capital being raised by portfolio companies. Total US Venture Capital Invested Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. 24%MORE CAPITAL INVESTED COMPARED TO 2014 — BUT IN 4% FEWER COMPANIES 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 AllVentureCompanies AllVentureInvested($Bn) Invested Companies 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
  • 14. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 14 0 250 500 750 1,000 1,250 1,500 0 10 20 30 40 50 LateStageCompanies LateStageInvested($Bn) 2015: late stage investing rose to all-time high Investing Late stage investment activity over the last two years was nothing short of robust. After a record breaking year in 2014, late stage investing in 2015 continued its upward climb, both in terms of the number of companies financed and capital invested. Since 2012, capital invested has increased proportionally more than the number of companies financed; as a result, the average amount invested in late stage rounds more than doubled, from $16.0 million in 2012 to $35.0 million in 2015, according to Thomson Reuters data. Very large late stage financings became a phenomenon in 2014, and the trend continued in 2015 with the close of over 100 “mega” rounds (defined as $100 million or more by CB Insights). And the list of companies to raise “super mega” rounds also grew in 2015; according to Pitchbook, six deals of at least $1 billion in financing were raised by SpaceX, Airbnb, SoFi, and Uber in the US, plus Coupang and DiDi abroad. Late Stage Capital Invested Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. INVESTED 1,319$ 46.1B 31% more than 2014 61% more than 2000 4% more than 2014 31% more than 2000 LATE STAGE COMPANIES Invested Companies 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
  • 15. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 15 Why has late stage investing seen a dramatic “up and to the right” trend? PARTICIPATION BY NON-TRADITIONAL AND CORPORATE VCS One factor is the increased participation of non-traditional investors such as mutual funds and hedge funds — in addition to multi stage VCs and growth equity players — in late stage, pre-IPO financings. Mutual funds such as T. Rowe Price, Wellington, and Fidelity, who once could participate in company growth in the public markets, continued their search for growth in the private markets. In 2015, mutual funds participated in deals raised by 23 unicorns combined, including those for Airbnb, Snapchat and Pinterest (according to Pitchbook). Corporate VCs set a 15-year record in 2015 by allocating $7.6 billion to US-based startups (according to Moneytree/Thomson Reuters). And worldwide, nearly 200 corporate VCs pumped $27.4 billion into startups in 2015, compared to just $8.9 billion in 2012 — a three-fold increase over three years, according to Pitchbook. Average Years to IPO Average No. of Rounds of Financing to IPO 1996-2000 2000-2005 2006-2010 2011-2015 5.25 4.65 6.996.35 7.37 9.02 COMPANIES STAYING PRIVATE LONGER Availability of capital has allowed companies to stay private longer and continue growing without regulatory and public investor scrutiny. In fact, in the late 1990s, it took over five years for a company to IPO after at least four rounds of financing, compared to the more recent average of nine years after nearly seven rounds. And the median time to exit by acquisition — seven years, according to Pitchbook — is not much better. All this, of course, had an impact on late stage valuations in 2015 (which we address later in this report) and encouraged a lack of discipline by some in the industry (in the form of indiscriminate follow-on financings by VCs or unsustainably high burn rates by companies, for example). In the US alone, non-traditional VCs accounted for 55% of capital invested in VC-backed companies in 2015 (in round sizes of at least $20 million), compared to just 37% in 2012 – a 50% increase over three years. VentureSource as of December 31, 2015.
  • 16. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 16 “Companies are taking on huge burn rates to justify spending the capital they are raising in these enormous financings, putting their long-term viability in jeopardy. Late stage investors, desperately afraid of missing out on acquiring positions in possible ‘unicorn’ companies, have essentially abandoned their traditional risk analysis. Traditional early stage investors, institutional public investors, and anyone with extra millions are rushing in to the high-stakes, late stage game.“ - Bill Gurley, Benchmark (Above the Crowd blog) “There’s way too much money in the system ultimately chasing few really great companies. The problem with that is you have a bunch of imposter companies get funded for a lot longer than [is] traditionally the case.” - Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital (Fortune) Ten years ago there was about the same amount of money committed to venture capital funds as invested into startups. But in the past two years, 2.5 times more money was invested into startups than was committed to the asset class. - Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures (Fortune) V C & N E W S C O M M E N TA R Y Over 80% of all capital invested at the late stage in 2015 was in deals of $25 million or more, easily a record and close to 30% higher than levels seen 10 years ago. Late-stage investment in the third quarter [of 2015] surged 25% from a year earlier.
  • 17. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 17 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 EarlyStageCompanies EarlyStageInvested($B) 2015: more early stage capital flowed to fewer companies Investing Notwithstanding the dips in 2008 and 2009, the overall trend has been an increasing number of early stage companies funded over the last 12 years; however, the number remains well below the peak in 2000. While fewer early stage companies were actually financed in 2015, more early stage capital was invested compared to the prior year. This divergence demonstrates that early stage financing rounds have grown larger as a result of both a competitive marketplace and the accelerated development of many companies raising Series A rounds. A reality today is that seed rounds have become the new Series A rounds in regards to size, participants, and pre-money valuation, and companies are indeed waiting to raise Series A rounds until certain user and/or revenue metrics are established. In fact, according to Thomson Reuters data, the average amount invested in early stage companies in 2015 was $7.0 million, 32% more than the $4.7 million average two years prior. Those companies without substantial momentum at the Series A stage, however, can find it difficult to get funded by new outside investors, in which case insider-led rounds or bridge rounds may be the next best option. Early Stage Capital Invested Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. EARLY STAGE COMPANIESINVESTED 1,360$ 9.5B 6% more capital compared to 2014 5% fewer companies than in 2014 Invested Companies 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
  • 18. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 18 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 - 100 200 300 400 500 SeedStageCompanies SeedStageInvested($M) 2015: seed investing moderated unlike early and late stages Investing While the venture industry as a whole had a record year for investment in 2015, seed stage activity continued along a trend of moderation both in terms of companies formed and capital invested. Starting in 2011, the industry saw a proliferation of new micro-VCs, just as the industry was embracing a paradigm shift in company formation. With the onset of new seed investors came increased competition and larger/more institutional pools of capital. The outcome was seed rounds of financing that were larger than in the past, such that they looked more like Series A rounds. In fact, according to Thomson Reuters data, the average seed stage investment has grown by 66%, from $700,000 in 2009 to $1.2 million in 2015. At the same time, companies with early traction sometimes skipped seed rounds and raised Series A rounds instead, as traditional Series A investors looked to identify, invest and capture ownership earlier. The result: a continued blurring of the lines between seed and early stage companies and financings. Seed Stage Capital Invested Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. Invested Companies 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
  • 19. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 19 2015: seed stage data reflects lower startup costs Investing Despite higher valuations, the attractive economics of startup formation and the talented seed stage VCs who are backing the best ideas and entrepreneurs continue to make the seed space an attractive one in which to selectively invest. While seed stage activity has declined steadily since 2012, the 2015 data suggests that company formation and seed stage funding remained at healthy levels. Compared to 2000 when a record amount of seed stage capital was invested, a similar number of companies were funded in 2015 but with 46% less capital, in large part due to dramatically lower startup costs. With cloud computing, software-as- a-service (SaaS) business models, and viral marketing, the cost to start an Internet technology company has decreased dramatically since 2000, and as a result, companies can effectively prove their products and services using far less capital. INVESTED $ 251M higher than the 2001-2010 time period 58% fewer than the 2012 peak SEED STAGE COMPANIES 215
  • 20. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 20 2015: investing pace slowed in Q4 Investing “The grow-at-any-cost mantra is gone, and has been replaced by unit economics. Companies that have counted on large sums of cheap cash to fuel unprofitable growth must find ways to fund future expansion on their own.” - Ari Levy (CNBC) The fourth quarter of last year marked a departure from the active and buoyant venture capital environment over the past two years. The shifting sands, instigated by public market volatility and weak global economic indicators, were no surprise to industry participants, as many had wondered whether we had been riding the coattails of a bubble. The data in the fourth quarter represents the start of a correction, if not exactly a bubble bursting. CB Insights reported a sharp decline in capital invested into US startups (31% decline from the third quarter) and a second consecutive quarterly decline in US deal activity (21% fewer deals than the second quarter). While fewer deals closed, those that did took longer as the frenetic pace earlier in the year subsided. According to a survey by Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures, 45% of investors in the fourth quarter said it took longer to get deals funded (and 77% of VCs expect it to take even longer in 2016). The slowdown in the fourth quarter was, not surprisingly, led by late stage investment activity. According to CB Insights, after 39 $100+ million venture rounds closed in the US in the third quarter, investors pulled back and closed just 18 of these “mega” rounds in the fourth quarter. 31% 21% DECLINE IN CAPITAL INVESTED FROM Q3 TO Q4 2015 DECLINE IN NUMBER OF DEALS FROM Q2 TO Q4 2015
  • 21. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 21 2016: investment activity remains stifled Investing “The start of 2016 marked the end of the steroid era of startups — the time between 2010 and 2015 when money was cheap and more plentiful, and used as a performance enhancing drug for company acceleration.  The period of cheap capital and billion dollar checks has ended. In this capital constrained market, buying scale is no longer going to be a credible lever for the next generation of startups.” - Simon Rothman, Greylock Partners (Greylock website) While the Wall Street Journal headline “Startup Investors Hit the Brakes” may be exaggerating the current state of the industry, it is fair to say that US venture activity in early 2016 is a far cry from this time a year ago. But in reality, it is roughly in line with the fourth quarter of 2015. A Moneytree report that finds a “steadying venture investment environment” is probably a more accurate descriptor. CB Insights data suggests that deal volume dropped for the third consecutive quarter, while invested capital rose slightly (but is still far from the peak in the third quarter of 2015). The tally of “mega” rounds in the US was flat in the first quarter, and after annualizing the tally through mid-May, CB Insights suggests that “mega” rounds in 2016 are on track to beat 2014 but will fall short of the peak in 2015. Yet the flattening, softening trends are not necessarily uniform across the industry. For example, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters, corporate VCs invested $2.5 billion in US startups in the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 95% over the fourth quarter of 2015. Corporate VCs participated in nearly a quarter of all venture capital deals in the first quarter (the highest percentage since 2008) and corporate dollars made up over 20% of all venture capital dollars invested (the highest quarterly level in the history of the industry). Time will tell if, when and why corporate VCs begin to slow their pace in line with the rest of the market. Quarterly US Venture Capital Invested CB Insights as of March 31, 2016. 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 - 5 10 15 20 25 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1Q2 Q2 Q2Q3 Q3 Q3Q4 Q4 Q4 2013 2014 2015 2016 Invested ($B) Deals
  • 22. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 22 “You cannot raise on the same sort of ecosystem momentum that you might have been able to before…it’s a return to the mean. I think these are healthy adjustments that people are making.” Matt Mazzeo, Lowercase Capital V C C O M M E N TA R Y: I N V E S T I N G
  • 23. Valuations While seed and early stage valuations were at post-bubble highs in 2015, late stage valuations reached an all-time high for the third consecutive year.
  • 24. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 24 0 5 10 15 20 25 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 MedianPre-moneyValuations($M) 2015: seed/early stage valuations at post-bubble highs Valuations Early stage valuations (for Series A rounds) continued their climb for the second consecutive year but increased more moderately than mid and late stage valuations, while seed valuations remained at the post-bubble high reached in 2014. While reaching their own post-bubble high in 2015, early stage valuations have been rather volatile, with more frequent yearly increases and decreases since 2000. • Seed valuations held steady at $5.0 million in 2014 and 2015. • Early stage valuations crept 17% higher to $15.5 million, but remained 23% lower than in 2000. Median Seed & Early Stage Pre-money Valuations VentureSource as of December 31, 2015. Seed Early Stage 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
  • 25. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 25 2015: late stage valuations reached all-time high Valuations Median Mid & Late Stage Pre-money Valuations Mid stage valuations, typically represented by Series B and C financings, increased substantially in 2015 but were overshadowed by late stage valuations, which reached an all-time high for the third consecutive year. Late stage valuations (Series D rounds and later) were on a steady climb since 2003, only decreasing yearly in 2009 in the wake of the financial crisis. Since 2003, the median late stage valuation increased a whopping 1,371%, and since the dip in 2009, 759%. While the magnitude of these increases were eye-popping, they were not necessarily unexpected given the record amount of late stage capital invested over the preceding years. And there were other factors, some of which we’ve discussed in prior reports, that help explain the trend in rising valuations. • Mid stage valuations rose 60% over 2014, reaching a record high of $80 million. • Late stage valuations skyrocketed to $500 million, 100% higher than 2014 and 334% higher than in 2000. Mid Stage Late Stage 0 100 200 300 400 500 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 MedianPre-moneyValuations($M) 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015 VentureSource as of December 31, 2015.
  • 26. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 26 What has been driving late stage valuations? Unlike the dot.com [era], plenty of today’s businesses have achieved mega valuations because they’re upending massive markets or pioneering tech transitions and supplanting incumbent vendors. 67% of US venture rounds in 2015 were up from the immediately prior financing, easily the highest percentage seen in at least a decade. A N E W G E N E R AT I O N O F T E C H C O M P A N I E S From a technology standpoint, the impact that mobile devices and cloud computing have had on disrupting new industries is significant – akin to our generation’s Industrial Revolution. There are over three billion Internet users and over 2.5 billion smartphone users globally, according to Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report. Since the end-user markets for technology products and services are so vast, company valuations should arguably reflect this reality. The excitement around this new generation of maturing technology startups naturally attracted investors to the sector. A G G R E S S I V E I N V E S T O R B E H AV I O R In some cases, valuations were driven higher by aggressive participants – VCs driven by FOMO and the desire to associate hot company logos with their own brands; hedge funds and mutual funds that were eager for pre-IPO exposure and were less sensitive to price; and corporate VCs that were flush with cash. C O M P A N I E S S TAY I N G P R I VAT E L O N G E R As noted earlier in this report, as companies are taking longer to go public, private investors have had more time and opportunity to invest and participate in the steep portion of companies’ value creation curves. As a result, these companies have grown larger and stronger in terms of fundamentals, and thus merit – or are expected to grow into – their high valuations.
  • 27. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 27 “We didn’t want to compete with crossover investors who were not as price sensitive…if they were looking for a 1.5x or 2x, that’s not our sort of deal.” - Scott Nolan, Founders Fund “We saw a ton of momentum rounds. A lot of companies...were able to raise with far less proof points at far higher valuations. [And] we saw a lot of funds acting out of fear that they had a lot of capital on hand.” - Matt Mazzeo, Lowercase Capital V C C O M M E N TA R Y: VA LU AT I O N S
  • 28. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 28 2015: the flurry of new unicorns Valuations As valuations rose in 2015, so too did the number of unicorns, or technology startups valued at $1 billion or more. Some surmise that 2015 will go down as the “year of the unicorn” since, according to Pitchbook, an average of 1.5 new unicorns were “born” each week during the year. While the media obsessively tracked and pontificated on unicorns, many VCs became annoyed at the phenomenon and perceived it to be a distraction to entrepreneurs who should focus more on building their businesses, not the valuations of their businesses. Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures, for example, is convinced that the unicorn phenomenon “will be the thing most historians laugh most about in this era.”
  • 29. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 29 2015: 76 new unicorns 2016: only 18 new unicorns T H E U N I C O R N P H E N O M E N O N • Unicorn tally reached 143 • Nearly $33B was invested in unicorns, with a median deal size of $158M • Median length of time to become a unicorn was 6 years after consuming an average of $95M of capital • If annualized, year-end tally could be 50% less than 2015 • 14 decacorns each valued at more than $10B, up from 10 a year ago Sources: CB Insights Pitchbook, Spoke Intelligence, and VentureBeat. FIRMS WITH THE MOST UNICORNS 37 29 28
  • 30. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 30 2015: valuations and unicorns retrenched in Q4 Valuations Conversations with entrepreneurs began to evolve from raising “easy” capital to fuel growth to raising “rainy day” capital for protection, especially if the exit markets dried up. After the S&P 500 fell 11% in a single week in August 2015, private market valuations recalibrated rather quickly between the third and fourth quarters. As a consequence, CB Insights started a down-round tracker to record the “wounded companies of the unicorn era.” And as Fidelity and other mutual funds attracted attention and added to the market’s trepidation by publicly marking down (rightly or wrongly) estimated share prices of unicorns in their portfolios, the Wall Street Journal created The Startup Stock Trader to follow these changes. More importantly however, entrepreneurs were forced to acknowledge that they may have to raise capital at the same or lower valuation than in their last rounds — a departure in thinking from the last several years. Dharmesh Thakker of Battery Ventures commented to CNBC that the phrase he heard a lot was “open-minded” in reference to how founders and companies are approaching their value. In Q4 2015... • Median valuations of new financings declined by 55% (VentureSource). • Late stage private cloud companies dropped from a peak average valuation of 15x revenue earlier in the year to 11.8x at year-end (Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture Partners to CNBC). • 12% of financing rounds were down rounds, a notable change from the prior quarter when only 4% were down rounds. A disproportionate number of down rounds were Series E and later; 26% of these rounds saw their valuations marked down, versus 11% in the third quarter (Fenwick & West). CB Insights through December 31, 2015. 17 15 25 25 13 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 New Unicorns Globally
  • 31. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 31 2016: retrenching stays the course Valuations “Many entrepreneurs are getting capital, just less than before, and they’re working harder for it. The balance of power is shifting across tech startup land. Not long ago, entrepreneurs had the upper hand. Investors are exerting their newfound power by asking more questions about a startup’s prospects and taking more time to invest.” - Katie Benner (The New York Times) The trends in early 2016 have stayed the course: fewer new unicorns and more down rounds and down exits. According to CB Insights, 30 companies have settled for lower financing or exit valuations so far in 2016, which is just short of the figure for all of last year. Businesses with poor or questionable unit economic models are the most impacted, but some good companies could be swept up in the more general market malaise (in the on-demand food delivery space, for example). While the headlines have naturally been focused on the valuation correction and its effects, as well as the stories of Zenefits and Theranos — once high-flying startups that hit bumps in the road due to growth and management missteps — the market has not experienced an indiscriminate pullback in capital raising. Premium companies with impressive revenue and user adoption metrics can still raise capital at attractive valuations.  A few recent examples include Slack, an enterprise messaging platform (April 2015 round done at $2.6 billion, latest round done at $3.6 billion); Lyft, an on-demand transportation service (May 2015 round done at $2.4 billion, latest round done at $4.5 billion); Snapchat, a photo messaging application (March 2015 round done at $15.0 billion, latest round done at $17.5 billion), and Uber, another on-demand transportation service (July 2015 round done at $50.0 billion, latest $3.5 billion round done at $62.5 billion). Down Rounds/Exits Eclipsing New Unicorns CB Insights through March 31, 2016. New Unicorns VC-backed Down Rounds/Exits 15 25 25 13 5 9 6 7 16 14 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016
  • 32. Exits & Returns After a strong showing in 2014, public market appetite for venture-backed companies softened in 2015.
  • 33. 2015: IPO market softened Exits & Returns After a strong showing in 2014, public market appetite for venture-backed companies softened in 2015. As Bill Gurley at Benchmark remarked, the IPO market was open in 2015, but companies opted not to use it; companies got spooked after watching poor performing IPOs such as Etsy’s, and companies such as Box and Square price below the valuations of their last private rounds. While the number of IPOs in 2015 was lower than in both 2014 and 2013, the tally was still significantly higher (over 8x) than the low point of 2008. The largest technology IPO in 2015 was First Data, which raised $2.8 billion, whereas the largest venture- backed technology IPO was Fitbit, which raised $841 million. While the median market cap for newly minted public companies rose slightly in 2015, the declining trend since 2011 remained evident. Given that biotechnology companies, which tend to have lower market capitalizations than their technology brethren, made up more than half of all venture-backed IPOs over the last three years, this declining trend was not surprising. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 33 Number & Median Market Capitalization of IPOs Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. 84 venture-backed companies went public, 29% fewer companies than in 2014, and the median market cap decreased to $325M - 100 200 300 400 500 600 - 50 100 150 200 250 300 MedianPost-IPOMarketCap($M) Venture-backedIPOs IPOs Median Market Cap 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
  • 34. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 34 - 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 - 100 200 300 400 500 600 Avg.AquisitionValue($M) Venture-backedM&A 2015: M&A activity decreased Exits & Returns 2015 was also a rather weak year for venture-backed mergers and acquisitions, measured by both the number of acquisitions and the average acquisition price. The largest venture-backed acquisition news of the year was in the healthcare sector, with AstraZeneca agreeing to acquire a majority stake in Acerta Pharma that could value the company near $7 billion. Hitachi’s $600 million acquisition of Pentaho was the largest venture-backed M&A event in the technology sector last year. 415 venture-backed companies were acquired, 18% less than in 2014, and the average acquisition value decreased to $304M Number & Average Value of M&A Transactions Thomson Reuters as of December 31, 2015. M&As Average Acquisition Value 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 2015
  • 35. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 35 2016: sluggish start for exits Exits & Returns In Q1 2016... • Only 6 venture-backed IPOs, all life science companies (annualized would be 29% of 2015 volume). • 79 venture-backed M&A deals announced (annualized would be 76% of 2015 volume). The year started with the announcement that e-commerce company Gilt Groupe, once a unicorn, had sold for $250 million, thus becoming a “unicorpse.” Since then, exit news has been bleak. The IPO market has certainly been in a drought by many measures. According to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association, the number of IPOs in the first quarter of 2016 was off 65% from the first quarter of 2015 and was the slowest quarter since the third quarter of 2011. And if it weren’t for life science companies, first quarter IPOs would have been non-existent. The first quarter ended without a single technology IPO, which marked the first time in seven years that no venture-backed technology company had listed publicly. The technology IPO drought came to an end in April with the NASDAQ debut of SecureWorks, but the company priced fewer shares below the target price, dampening hopes that it might jumpstart the sluggish market. Industry participants will be watching the IPO pipeline closely over the remainder of the year, particularly Twilio, which recently priced above its range and last private round of financing, and is the first technology unicorn to go public since Square in November of last year. The M&A market showed more signs of life during the first quarter of 2016, but even still, the volume was 19% less than in the first quarter of 2015. However, several large M&A announcements in the second quarter could bode well for the future. Venture-backed companies Stemcentrx and Marketo are being acquired by AbbVie for $10.2 billion and Vista Equity for $1.8 billion, respectively. Although not venture- backed, Symantec’s plans to acquire Blue Coat Systems for $4.7 billion and Microsoft’s (MSFT) plans to acquire LinkedIn (LNKD) for $26.2 billion, which could surpass Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp as the largest-ever technology M&A, just might spark the technology M&A market. As Dan Primack of Fortune surmised, it could be that both strategic and financial buyers now believe that assets are under priced. It’s fair to say that 2016 has not been kind to venture-backed exits, particularly in the technology sector. But with companies like Airbnb, Uber, Pinterest, Palantir, Slack, Lyft, and Tanium in the pipeline, 2017 and 2018 could be better years for venture-backed exits.
  • 36. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 36 “As those really strong companies choose to go public, eventually I think you’ll see better IPOs.” Scott Nolan, Founders Fund V C C O M M E N TA R Y: E X I T S
  • 37. Overall: recent vintage years performing well Exits & Returns 2016 State of Venture Capital | 37 Fund performance and returns to limited partners are directly impacted by exit markets, as well as by other factors such as private and public market valuations and portfolio company operating metrics. It is now well understood that low absolute returns during the early 2000s were driven primarily by an overcapitalized venture industry and too many funds chasing too few compelling investments. As discussed already, the industry has consolidated meaningfully when measured by the number of active venture firms. This consolidation has contributed to improved returns. Cambridge Associates’ venture capital index increased by nearly 14% in 2015, following increases by close to 24% in 2014 and over 27% (a post-bubble record) in 2013. In fact, the venture capital index has outperformed all major public indices (e.g. Russell, MSCI, Dow Jones, S&P) over the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ending December 2015, thus reflecting the strong “run” for the asset class. Top quartile returns for each meaningful vintage year since 2007 are above 18% net to LPs, and the particularly strong vintages of 2010-2012 are the highest recorded since 1981 outside of the 1992-1997 vintages that rode the bubble. Not surprisingly, strong performance, record distributions back to limited partners, and a bull market were followed by increased commitments to and enthusiasm for the venture asset class. With the market correction, softening valuations, and uncertain exit markets, we will watch carefully how well recent strong paper gains can be realized in the years to come. Upper quartile vintage year IRRs Cambridge Associates as of December 31, 2015. 18% TOP QUARTILE RETURNS FOR EVERY MEANINGFUL VINTAGE YEAR SINCE 2007 ARE MORE THAN NET TO LPS - 10% 20% 30% 40% Upper Quartile IRR 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 2013
  • 38. Conclusion A Return to the Old Normal In many ways, the bylines in 2015 read much like those in 2014. VCs raised an historically large sum of capital, yet that capital continued to concentrate in the hands of relatively few firms. Early and late stage investment activity increased, thanks in part to the sustained participation of non-traditional investors such as mutual funds and hedge funds, as well as corporate VCs. Early and late stage valuations again reached record highs as the unicorn count continued to grow. And investors remained excited about the investment opportunities arising from the long-term bull market for technology. But differences between 2014 and 2015 are equally important to highlight. The exit markets in 2015 were certainly less fruitful than in 2014. And as we observed in the introduction to this report, 2015 concluded with dampened statistics and a more muted, cautious, and uncertain tenor, compared to the party that was still going strong at the close of 2014.
  • 39. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 39 A return to the old normal Conclusion While the party atmosphere no longer characterizes the venture capital market in 2016, there are certain aspects to the hangover that are welcome: more rationale valuations and behavior by venture capitalists; a slower deal pace; less FOMO; and a renewed focus on operating metrics and profitability, not just growth projections. Yet the same excitement remains for the opportunities to start and invest in truly transformational technology companies that are disrupting verticals from insurance to real estate to automobiles, and new excitement is building based on advancements in artificial intelligence, virtual reality, software-enabled biotech, and quantum computing. This all indicates that it is likely a great time to be investing in and alongside the most experienced, high quality venture managers. So perhaps this is a return to the old normal, as First Round Capital suggests, but also the beginning of another era of innovation. “In this next era, growth will give way to profitability. Leveraging capital will give way to leveraging people and product. Focus will move from the balance sheet to the income statement. The center of gravity will shift from financial to strategic. Yes, the post-steroid era will be harder but companies will be more sustainable and built upon a stronger foundation as founders will use creativity instead of money to solve problems.” - Simon Rothman, Greylock Partners (Greylock website) “The healthiest thing that could possibly happen is a dramatic increase in the real cost of capital and a return to an appreciation for sound business execution.” - Bill Gurley, Benchmark (Above the Crowd blog) “The next 3 years will value patience over speed at all costs.” - Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures (Upfront VC Analysis 2016) “Just as in the last cycle, I believe the category-defining companies of the next decade will be launched and funded in the next couple of ‘less exciting/slower’ years. Not ‘Uber for X’ but ideas that could create new markets and enjoy infinite runway in terms of growth.” - Niko Bonatsos, General Catalyst Partners (TechCrunch) VC COMMENTARY
  • 40. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 40 Resources Conclusion A note about the data referenced throughout this report: We acknowledge that there are numerous sources of industry data that may differ materially in methodology, breadth, and statistics. For consistency, we primarily reference two sources throughout this report. Thomson Reuters tends to capture a greater percentage of fundraising activity, and VentureSource typically captures a greater share of investment activity. We therefore leveraged Thomson Reuters’s platform to analyze venture capital fundraising, and VentureSource to analyze venture capital investments. Two distinct databases were used in favor of data integrity and at the expense of direct comparisons between fundraising and investment activity. Readers will notice that venture capital investing actually exceeds fundraising for most years; the reason is that investment data includes activities by corporate, government, and other entities, while fundraising data enables analysis of purely institutional venture capital fundraising. True capital invested by institutional venture capital firms is likely lower than the statistics referenced in these analyses, but we believe the data to be directionally accurate. In addition, the data we present has not been adjusted for inflation, so many of the comparisons made between 2015 and 2000 data are even more pronounced. All images sourced through Creative Commons: page 3 “Sea, Wave, Storm, Art, Colors” via Wallpapers Craft; page 6 “Brighton University Peace Cranes” by Dominic Alves taken on April 1, 2011; page 13 “London” by Karen Roe taken on August 11, 2012; page 23 “Four Leaf Clover” by John taken on May 6, 2009; page 28 “Unicorns Crossing” by Mark Roy taken on June 23, 2014; page 33 “Speed of Light” by Silver Blue taken on October 4, 2013; page 39 “Blue Ocean Waves” by Image Catalog taken on July 25, 2014.
  • 41. 2016 State of Venture Capital | 41 About TrueBridge Capital Partners Conclusion Established in 2007, TrueBridge Capital Partners is an alternative asset management firm laser-focused on generating superior returns in the venture capital industry. TrueBridge identifies and invests in high-performing, access-constrained venture capital opportunities that generate premium value for its partners. TrueBridge prides itself on a data-driven approach to investing in both venture funds and venture-backed companies. In addition to extensive due diligence processes, the firm regularly gathers, analyzes, and publishes information about the venture industry and trends at truebridgecapital.com/insights. The firm is recognized for its longstanding partnership with Forbes to produce The Midas List, an annual ranking of technology’s top investors. The State of Venture Capital is an annual market analysis of key venture capital industry trends spanning fundraising, investments, valuations, exits, and returns. Follow @TrueBridgeCP for latest updates and insights. Investment Team Contacts Edwin Poston General Partner eposton@truebridgecapital.com Mel Williams General Partner mwilliams@truebridgecapital.com Rob Mazzoni Vice President rmazzoni@truebridgecapital.com Mike Whitticom Vice President mwhitticom@truebridgecapital.com Kate S. Simpson Associate ksimpson@truebridgecapital.com Brad Wrege Analyst bwrege@truebridgecapital.com Michael Lee Analyst mlee@truebridgecapital.com