U.S. -- 3Q 2014
The following report presents Dow Jones VentureSource s quarterly findings for U.S. venture capital fundraising, investment, valuation, and liquidity. The included charts and graphs offer a comprehensive view of the trends currently affecting the venture capital market. Highlights for 3Q 2014 include: U.S. venture capital fundraising amount raised on decline from 2Q 2014; Venture capital investment on decline in 3Q 2014; Median pre-money valuation totaled $30M, a 42% decrease from the valuation figure for 2Q 2014; While venture-backed mergers and acquisitions (M&As) amount raised and transactions experienced an increase, initial public offerings (IPOs) still on decline. 2
Venture Fundraising in U.S. on decline from 2Q 2014 FUNDRAISING 81 funds garnered $6.5 billion in 3Q 2014, down 16% from the amount raised in the previous quarter, while number of funds stayed flat. JP Morgan Digital Growth Fund II LP was the largest U.S. venture capital fund of 3Q 2014, raising $996 million and accounting for 15% of the total amount raised during the quarter. Median U.S. fund size was $119 million in the three quarters of 2014. U.S. VC Fundraising (2011 2014) Based on multiple closings 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13 4Q'13 1Q'14 2Q'14 3Q'14 Amount Raised ($B) $2.92 $6.83 $7.45 $6.57 $5.11 $3.06 $4.63 $6.73 $4.03 $4.84 $10.35 $7.75 $6.49 Number of Funds 50 54 55 46 55 56 60 57 64 80 82 81 81 $12.00 $10.00 $8.00 $6.00 $4.00 $2.00 $0.00 3
Largest VC Funds Raised in 3Q 2014 FUNDRAISING Firm Name Fund Name Amount ($M) City State Offering Status Fund Type Fund Category Closing Type JPMorgan Chase & Co. JP Morgan Digital Growth Fund II LP $996.38 New York NY Open MulF- stage venture capital Venture Capital First Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers KPCB Digital Growth Fund II LP $750.00 Menlo Park CA Closed Late- stage venture capital Venture Capital Final Meritech Capital Partners Meritech Capital Partners V LP $500.00 Palo Alto CA Closed Late- stage venture capital Venture Capital Final Sofinnova Ventures Inc. Sofinnova Venture Partners IX LP $500.00 Menlo Park CA Closed MulF- stage venture capital Venture Capital Final Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers XVI LP $450.00 Menlo Park CA Closed Early- stage venture capital Venture Capital Final 4
FINANCING U.S. Venture Investment on Decline in 3Q 2014 U.S.-based companies raised $11 billion from 899 venture capital deals during 3Q 2014, a 24% and 7% decrease in capital and deal count, respectively, from the previous quarter. Compared to the same period in 2013, amount invested registered a 16% increase, while number of deals dipped 5%. Business and Financial Services and Healthcare were the strongest sectors, respectively with 27% and 25% share of total amount invested. Equity Financings into U.S. based, VC-backed Companies (2011 2014) $16.00 $14.00 1200 $12.00 $10.00 $8.00 1000 $6.00 $4.00 $2.00 $0.00 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13 4Q'13 1Q'14 2Q'14 3Q'14 Amount Raised ($B) $10.80 $8.11 $7.77 $9.48 $7.97 $9.18 $7.61 $8.71 $9.49 $9.53 $11.83 $14.43 $11.01 Number of Deals 963 915 895 1016 932 926 909 946 948 1012 915 966 899 800 5
FINANCING Equity Financings into U.S. based, VC backed Companies, by Round Class (2011 2014) Number of Deals 400 300 200 100 0 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13 4Q'13 1Q'14 2Q'14 3Q'14 Restart 13 11 11 14 11 18 7 7 8 11 8 7 7 Later 296 290 252 307 286 283 263 284 276 280 288 344 280 Second 156 150 141 181 146 159 147 200 199 213 182 217 184 First 327 316 309 352 328 310 339 306 325 361 300 316 331 Seed 137 106 138 122 119 107 118 118 105 98 97 46 61 6
FINANCING Equity Financings into U.S. based, VC backed Companies, by Round Class (2011 2014) Amount Raised ($B) $12.00 $10.00 $8.00 $6.00 $4.00 $2.00 $0.00 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13 4Q'13 1Q'14 2Q'14 3Q'14 Restart $0.23 $0.08 $0.09 $0.16 $0.24 $0.69 $0.08 $0.18 $0.08 $0.10 $0.29 $0.16 $0.15 Later $5.99 $4.70 $4.20 $5.30 $4.69 $4.46 $4.46 $4.88 $5.25 $5.16 $6.79 $9.57 $5.93 Second $1.96 $1.47 $1.09 $1.62 $1.26 $1.38 $1.31 $1.74 $1.60 $1.85 $1.84 $2.61 $1.79 First $2.13 $1.49 $1.47 $1.97 $1.43 $1.71 $1.49 $1.35 $1.70 $1.91 $1.52 $1.83 $1.97 Seed $0.13 $0.11 $0.10 $0.10 $0.10 $0.09 $0.08 $0.09 $0.09 $0.09 $0.08 $0.05 $0.07 7
FINANCING Equity Financings into U.S.-based, VC-backed Companies, Median Deal Size ($M) (2011 2014) Median Equity Deal Size ($M) $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 $0.00 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13 4Q'13 1Q'14 2Q'14 3Q'14 Median Equity Deal Size ($M) $5.26 $4.00 $3.80 $4.51 $3.79 $4.17 $4.00 $4.48 $3.69 $4.06 $4.20 $6.00 $5.00 8
FINANCING Equity Financings into U.S.-based, VC-backed Companies, by Industry Group (3Q 2014) The Business and Financial Services sector saw the largest investment allocation, with 247 deals garnering $3 billion and accounting for 27% of total equity investment. Healthcare raised the second highest proportion of investment for 3Q 14 - $2.7 billion into 182 deals, down 17% and 15% in dollars and deals, respectively, from 2Q 14 figures. Consumer Services occupies third position. Amount raised decreased 41% quarter over quarter, with $2.3 billion invested in 173 deals, a 3% drop also for the number of deals. The sector s investment figure represents a 21% share of total equity investment into U.S. VC-backed companies for the quarter. IT companies raised $2.1 billion across 221 deals, a 31% and 9% decrease compared to the previous quarter. 3Q'14 Industry Breakdown By Number of Deals 3Q 14 Industry Breakdown By Amount Raised ($B) Business and Financial Services 25 221 182 14 173 247 35 Consumer Goods Consumer Services Energy & Utilities Healthcare Industrial Goods & Materials Information Technology 2% 25% 20% 2% 21% 27% 3% Business and Financial Services Consumer Goods Consumer Services Energy & Utilities Healthcare Industrial Goods & Materials Information Technology 9
Top 5 Deals into VC-backed Companies (3Q 2014) FINANCING Co. Name Loca@on Industry Group Industry Segment Industry Code Brief Descrip@on Close Date Round Type Raised ($M) Round Investors (* denotes lead) Legendary Entertainment Inc. Burbank, CA Consumer Services Media and Content Movie/Music Producers and Distributors Provider of mulf- media content products including film, television and comics. 9/30/2014 Corporate $250.00 So]bank Corp.* NantHealth LLC Culver City, CA Healthcare Medical So]ware and InformaFon Services Healthcare AdministraFon So]ware Provider of cloud- based transformafonal healthcare services. 9/30/2014 Other Early Stage $250.00 Kuwait Investment Authority* MyoKardia Inc. South San Francisco, CA Healthcare BiopharmaceuFcals Biotechnology TherapeuFcs Developer of treatments for genefc cardiovascular disease. 9/17/2014 Corporate $200.00 Sanofi- AvenFs Qualtrics LLC Provo, UT Business and Financial Services Business Support Services Data Management Services Provider of enterprise data collecfon and analysis products. 9/24/2014 Later $150.00 Accel Partners, Insight Venture Partners*, Sequoia Capital Square Inc. San Francisco, CA Business and Financial InsFtuFons Financial Services and Services Payment/ TransacFonal Processing Provider of mobile phone payment solufons. 8/19/2014 5th $150.00 GIC Private Ltd.*, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Rizvi Traverse Management LLC, Victory Park Capital* 10
FINANCING Most Active Investors for U.S.-based, VC-backed Companies (3Q 2014) 20 18 16 19 18 18 16 15 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 New Enterprise Associates Inc. Google Ventures Andreessen Horowitz Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Bessemer Venture Partners 11
FINANCING Number of Deals by Primary Region 3Q 2014 Amount Raised ($B) by Primary Region 3Q 2014 Alaska/ Islands Mid-Atlantic Midwest Central Midwest East Mountain New England Northern California Pacific Northwest South Central South East Southern California 2 195 18 62 37 83 310 37 35 50 67 $0.0009 $1.55 $0.15 $0.47 $0.73 $0.79 $4.53 $0.42 $0.33 $0.21 $1.26 Number of Deals in 3Q 2014 by Primary Region Amount Raised ($B) in 3Q 2014 by Primary Region Alaska/Islands Mid-Atlantic Midwest Central Midwest East Mountain New England Northern California Pacific Northwest South Central South East Southern California Alaska/Islands Mid-Atlantic Midwest Central Midwest East Mountain New England Northern California Pacific Northwest South Central South East Southern California 12
FINANCING Number of Deals by subregion 3Q 2014 Amount Raised ($B) by subregion 3Q 2014 San Francisco Bay Area 304 $4.51 Boston Metro 76 $0.71 New York Metro 126 $1.21 Potomac 30 $0.13 Los Angeles Metro 33 $0.89 San Diego Metro 21 $0.22 Orange County 12 $0.16 Seattle Metro 28 $0.39 Austin Metro 21 $0.08 Dallas-Fort Worth 9 $0.11 Chicago Metro 25 $0.21 Subregion Breakout Number of Deals Subregion Breakout Amount Raised ($B) Number of Deals by Subregion Amount Raised ($B) by Subregion San Francisco Bay Area 304 San Francisco Bay Area $4.51 Boston Metro 76 Boston Metro $0.71 New York Metro 126 New York Metro $1.21 Potomac 30 Potomac $0.13 Los Angeles Metro San Diego Metro Orange County Seattle Metro Austin Metro Dallas-Fort Worth Chicago Metro 33 21 12 28 21 9 25 Los Angeles Metro San Diego Metro Orange County Seattle Metro Austin Metro Dallas-Fort Worth Chicago Metro $0.89 $0.22 $0.16 $0.39 $0.08 $0.11 $0.21 13
VALUATIONS Equity Financings into U.S. based, VC-backed Companies, Median Pre-money Valuation ($M) (2011 2014) $60.00 $50.00 $40.00 $30.00 $20.00 $10.00 $0.00 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13 4Q'13 1Q'14 2Q'14 3Q'14 Median Pre-money Valuation ($M) $29.25 $21.00 $18.05 $18.63 $29.88 $40.00 $17.75 $24.20 $15.80 $21.00 $26.50 $51.43 $30.00 14
LIQUIDITY Venture M&A and IPO Market Activity in the U.S. during 3Q 2014 Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of venture-backed companies in 3Q 2014 increased by 73% in value from those completed in 2Q 2014, with 127 deals garnering $20 billion. 22 venture-backed IPOs took place during 3Q 2014, a 12% decrease from the previous quarter. Exit Opportunities for U.S. VC-backed Companies (2011 2014) 3Q'14 2Q'14 1Q'14 4Q'13 3Q'13 2Q'13 1Q'13 4Q'12 3Q'12 2Q'12 1Q'12 4Q'11 3Q'11 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13 4Q'13 1Q'14 2Q'14 3Q'14 IPOs 11 10 20 12 10 8 9 20 25 20 38 25 22 M&As 146 142 113 124 106 126 100 93 123 129 126 119 127 15
LIQUIDITY U.S. VC-backed M&As (2011-2014) 127 M&As of venture-backed companies in U.S. garnered $20 billion during 3Q 2014. In contrast with 2Q 2014, when a total of 119 transactions accumulated almost $12 billion, both number of M&As and amount raised increased by 7% and 73% respectively. The largest M&A of the quarter was Beats Electronics LLC, which was acquired by Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) for $2.5 billion. U.S. VC-backed M&A Activity (2011-2014) $25.00 $20.00 160 140 120 $15.00 $10.00 100 80 60 $5.00 40 20 $0.00 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13 4Q'13 1Q'14 2Q'14 3Q'14 Amount Paid ($B) $13.55 $9.67 $10.50 $11.86 $11.75 $8.69 $5.68 $9.27 $12.40 $14.25 $16.23 $11.59 $20.01 Number of M&As 146 142 113 124 106 126 100 93 123 129 126 119 127 0 16
Top 3 U.S. M&As (3Q 2014) LIQUIDITY Company Name Loca@on Brief Descrip@on Industry Code Industry Segment Industry Group Close Date Round Type Amount Paid ($M) Acquirer Beats Electronics LLC Santa Monica, CA Provider of headphone and HD audio systems. Consumer Electronics Electronics and Computer Hardware InformaFon Technology 8/1/2014 AcquisiFon $2,500.00 Apple Inc. Oculus VR Inc. Irvine, CA Provider of virtual reality gaming technology. Sports/Leisure Goods Personal Goods Consumer Goods 7/21/2014 AcquisiFon $2,000.00 Facebook Inc. Twitch InteracFve Inc. San Francisco, CA Operator of a video plaform and community for gamers. Entertainment Consumer Consumer Services 9/25/2014 AcquisiFon $970.00 Amazon.com Inc. InformaFon Services 17
LIQUIDITY U.S. VC-backed IPOs (2011-2014) 22 venture-backed companies raised $1.3 billion through public offerings in 3Q 2014. Number of deals decreased by 12% and capital raised also registered a 40% decrease from the previous quarter. The largest IPO of the quarter was HealthEquity Inc. (NASDAQ: HQY), which completed a $127 million IPO. U.S. VC-backed IPO Activity (2011-2014) $9.00 $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 $0.00 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13 4Q'13 1Q'14 2Q'14 3Q'14 Raised ($B) through IPO $0.43 $2.37 $1.42 $7.75 $0.81 $1.22 $0.64 $1.80 $2.22 $3.55 $2.94 $2.18 $1.30 Number of IPOs 11 10 20 12 10 8 9 20 25 20 38 25 22 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 18
Top 3 U.S. IPOs (3Q 2014) LIQUIDITY Company Name Loca@on Brief Descrip@on Industry Code Industry Segment Industry Group Close Date Round Type Raised through IPO ($M) Exchange HealthEquity Inc. Draper, UT Provider of a technology- enabled services plaform for the healthcare industry. Healthcare AdministraFon So]ware Medical So]ware and InformaFon Services Healthcare 7/31/2014 IPO $127.40 NASDAQ: HQY Avalanche Biotechnologies Inc. Menlo Park, CA Developer of gene therapies for the treatment of sight- threatening ophthalmologic diseases. Biotechnology TherapeuFcs BiopharmaceuFcals Healthcare 7/31/2014 IPO $102.00 NASDAQ: AAVL Otonomy Inc. San Diego, CA Developer of therapeufcs for the treatment of diseases and disorders of the ear. Drug Delivery BiopharmaceuFcals Healthcare 8/13/2014 IPO $100.00 NASDAQ: OTIC 19
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