Today, I take a look at the state of venture capital and angel funding during the month of April, both in New York and nationally. Analyzing some publicly available data from our friends at CrunchBase, we break down the national aggregate statistics for all funding deals by stage of funding (Seed, Series A, Series B, and Series C+) including mention of notable rounds.
One Minute Takeaway:
April experienced a pronounced pullback from the momentum set forth in February and March with NYC startup funding falling to $565M for the month, down over 30% from March but consistent with April of 2017. Funding in NYC was particularly weak at the late stages as well as B level Nationally, funding was fell from March levels with aggregate funding down 28%. Weakness was also found at the late stages nationally.
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Average Seed round in NYC for April was $2.7M Tweet this
Median Seed round in NYC for April was $2.3M Tweet this
$53.9M was invested across early stages rounds in NYC in April Tweet this
Average Seed round in the US for April was $2.8M Tweet this
Median Seed round in the US for April was $1.6M Tweet this
$393M was invested across early stages rounds in the US in April Tweet this
13.71% of early stage funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet this
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Average Series A round in NYC for April was $7.9M Tweet this
Median Series A round in NYC for April was $7M Tweet this
$135M was invested across Series A rounds in NYC in April Tweet this
Average Series A round in the US for April was $9.2M Tweet this
Median Series A round in the US for April was $6.8M Tweet this
$990M was invested across Series A rounds in the US in April Tweet this
13.61% of Series A funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet this
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Average Series B round in NYC for April was $19.2M Tweet this
Median Series B round in NYC for April was $15.7M Tweet this
$115M was invested across Series B rounds in NYC in April Tweet this
Average Series B round in the US for April was $18.7M Tweet this
Median B round in the US for April was $18M Tweet this
$1.16B was invested across Series B rounds in the US in April Tweet this
9.91% of Series B funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet this
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Average Series C+ round in NYC for April was $43.5M Tweet this
Median Series C+ round in NYC for April was $40.5M Tweet this
$261M was invested across Series C+ rounds in NYC in April Tweet this
Average Series C+ round in the US for April was $52.7M Tweet this
Median Series C+ round in the US for April was $48.9M Tweet this
$2.21B was invested across Series C+ rounds in the US in April Tweet this
11.81% of Series C+ funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet this
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$565M was invested in #startups in April in NYC across 49 deals Tweet this
$4.8B was invested in #startups in April in the US across 353 deals Tweet this
11.88% of startup funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet this
NYC VC funding in April was down 32% from last month and up 3.2% from the same period last year Tweet this
US VC funding in April was down 28% from last month and down 3.5% from the same period last year Tweet this
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